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Article Archive

A collection of my best articles from a decade in expeditions.

‘How To’ Guides | 10 Top Tips | Opinion | Motivation | Guest Blogs | Stories


About Tim

How I Make a Living as an Adventurer (Hint: I don’t)

Why I Quit Being an Adventurer to Become an Accountant

Adventure, Cycling and Depression

How I Fund My Expeditions


‘How To’ Guides

Detailed ‘How To’ articles and Beginner’s Guides.

The above articles are short extracts from my book: ‘How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures‘.

Check for latest ‘How To’ articles…


10 Tips

Expert adventurers share their top ten tips.

Got some top tips of your own to share? Get in touch.

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Opinion

Arguments on topics of adventure.

If You Aim to Motivate then Stop Exaggerating

Don’t Cycle Lands End to John O’Groats

In Defence of Celebrity Expeditions

Great Expeditions Don’t Make Great People

If an Expedition Happens in the Forest and No One Blogs About it…

Expeditions Are No Better Than Offices

Prove Yourself with an Expedition!

Wild Swimming is Not a Sport

Women Can’t Run Marathons

Why Do Things The Hard Way?

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Motivation

Articles encouraging you to grab a hold of life and live a little more adventurously.

Start!

Feeding the Rat

Training for Life

Consider This Your Excuse

How to Have an Adventure Every Day

One Small Piece of Advice (Start Running)

Cross the Street and Walk on the Other Side

18 Great Things that Happened on my Cycle to Work this Morning

Freedom (Or: Why cycling to work will solve all of your problems)

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Guest Authors

Articles written by other people for The Next Challenge.

Angry Young Man – Julian Sayarer

Swimming: The Next Step in Adventure – Dan Martin (ABC)

Adventure from the Front Door – James Bowthorpe

Asi Es La Vida – Andy Ruck (excerpt from the book)

Do It For Yourself (but not on your own) – Julie Abrams-Humphries

Long Summer Days – Rob Cousins

Life in the Fast Lane – Alastair Humphreys

How to Have an Adventure Every Day – Laura Tomlinson

Frequently Used Excuse: I Have No Money – Lee Hughes

A New Year’s Message From – Dave Cornthwaite (ABC)

Planning a River Expedition – Mark Kalch (ABC)

Something a Little Unknown – Francis Charlesworth

My Next Challenge: Walking to Work – Ewan Laurie

The Land of the Midnight Sun – Lucy Bound

A Little Adventure – Ben Wade

You can find more Guest Blogs under the ’10 Tips’ Articles above.

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Stories

Tales of adventure from my expeditions. Includes some of  my proudest pieces*.

Personal Favourites

My Subtle Epiphany*

That contrasting feeling of simultaneous inspiration and frustration with the world.

Adventure, If You Believe It

If TV gives the impression that expeditions are for the elite only then think again.

You Are Not Home Yet

The expedition may be winding down but it ain’t over ’til it’s over.

Mountains and Molehills*

A simple bike ride through Richmond Park becomes a race to the death.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

My bicycle rickshaw and I take on the world.

When Again Will I Eat Houmous at Midnight?

Reminiscing about the horrible, wonderful things that you do on expedition.

I Feel At Home In Traffic*

An attempt to express who I am and where I feel at ease.

If Not With Words

Why I ran the length of every London Underground train line.

This One’s For You

A poem of thanks to all who have read this website and helped me on my way.

Accounts from my Adventures

Dude, Where’s My Tent?

I pitched my tent on a deserted island beach, drove off then came back at night…

A Sunny Summer Sunday

A British day out, swimming in the River Thames.

What It’s Like

Fighting against heat, nausea and perpetual wind on the Patagonian steppe.

Day One in the Desert

My first foray ends with digging my car out of the sand using Tupperware.

Cycling Around Masirah Island on Christmas Day

A unique Xmas pedalling 90-miles around a desert island in the Gulf.

How to Have an Adventure for £100

With finances at an all-time low, I set  out to have an adventure on a budget.

An Introduction to Arctic Exploration

Skiing touring in Svalbard at -20C. Published in Adventure Travel Magazine.

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More Resources…

Check out my  Resources page for collections on specific topics

(e.g.  polar travelsponsorship or equipment).

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How to Get to the North Pole:

and Other Iconic Adventures

How to Get to the North Pole book

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  • Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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