Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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I recently announced the winners of The Next Challenge Expedition Grant. Below are some introductions to them all. I love the broad spectrum of people we have: They range from 14 to 48 They hail from England to Australia, China…
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New Adventure Film From Iran
If you like adventures and you like watching telly then you should definitely get a copy of Karun. It’s the latest film from my friends, the adventurers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron. Leon’s a cameraman who’s undertaken some deeply impressive…
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From Never Having Run a 5k to Running 5,000 Miles
Last month we awarded a series of small grants to some people with great adventure ideas. Over the coming months, we’ll hear more about each of those adventures in the winners’ own words as I host guest blogs from them…
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This is What People Said When I Told Them They’d Won/Not Won My Grant
Over the last few weeks I have sent a lot of emails. 1,300 people applied for our expedition grant and I’ve been in contact with them all. Crudely, my emails have either said ‘Congratulations, you have won’ or ‘I’m very sorry but…
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Favourite Photos from Cycling Around the World
Al Humphreys recently asked Laura and I for some favourite photos from our cycling trip for a new book he’s working on. Here’s what we sent him… P.S. I’m not sure why they’re displaying at such a small size but…
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And The Winner Is… Announcing The 2015 Next Challenge Expedition Grant Winners
I have just finished sending emails to all of those who were shortlisted for our expedition grant. I had 32 responses from the short list and I would have happily funded them all if I could. But we only had…
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Comparison of Lightweight Sleeping Bags
Lightweight Sleeping Bag Review This review compares all the lightest ultralight sleeping bags in the world. What’s the Lightest Sleeping Bag in the World? I believe this is the current Top 5 lightest sleeping bags in the world: Cumulus Magic…
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Why Having An Adventure Might Be Easier Than You Think
If you are reading this then you have probably seen Bear Grylls on TV, read a book about climbing Everest, been to a talk on rowing the Atlantic ocean, signed up for a blog about cycling around the world… or…
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Email Sent to those Unsuccessful in Applying for My Expedition Grant
Dear applicant, I am afraid your application for The Next Challenge Grant has not been successful. We had over 1,300 applications and it just wasn’t possible to support them all. As someone who has been rejected by many grant applications…
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The Shortlist for the 2015 Next Challenge Expedition Grant
I am delighted to reveal the wonderful adventure ideas that have made it onto our shortlist for the expedition grant. We had over 1,300 applications and I’ve had the unenviable task of narrowing that down to less than 50. They’ve…
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Over 1,000 People Applied For My Expedition Grant
On Wednesday night, applications for The Next Challenge Expedition Grant closed. At that time, well over a thousand different people had submitted applications. One thousand! When I announced the idea a couple of months ago I never thought it would…
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Hiking in Iceland
At 0640 hours this morning, we boarded an EasyJet flight bound for Iceland. Our hand luggage is camping kit and in the baggage hold lie 16 home-made ration daily ration packs. After a day in Reykjavik gathering supplies and catching…
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