I read a lot of websites and blogs. At the end of each month, I pick six of my favourite articles that I think might be of interest to my readers and I add them to a list. You can view the archive below. I’ve marked some of the highlights with an asterisk.
Skateboarding, Mud Running, Barefoot and Swimming
February 2012
- How I Make a Living as an Adventurer – Andrew Skurka
- Barefoot Kilimanjaro Mission – Ross Tucker, Sports Scientists
- From Marathons to Mud Running – Lucy Townsend, BBC Sports Magazine
- Who will be the first to swim around the world? – Did You Know?
- John Fairfax, who rowed across oceans, dies aged 74 – Margalit Fox, New York Times
- Distance Skateboarding in China – Rob Thomson, 14 Degrees
Twitter, the Hellespont and the Gobi
November 2011
- In the wake of Leander: swimming the Hellespont – Charles Foster
- ‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter – News Biscuit
- Insights in Reducing Pack Weight – Summit and Valley
- 5 Dangerous (But Awesome) Sport Locations – As We Travel
- Crossing the Gobi Desert – Walking Home from Mongolia
- One Star Reviews – Andy Kirkpatrick
Binmen, C**p and Salt
October 2011
- Binman Fitness – Andy Kirkpatrick
- Cutting the c**p, danger on polar expeditions – Alex Hibbert
- Seven Music Festivals I’d Like To Cycle To – Dan Martin
- Is Salt Bad For You? (Podcast) – More Or Less, BBC Radio 4
- Thinking, Fast and Slow – Brain Pickings
- Five Reasons To Go Cycle-Touring In Armenia – Tom’s Bike Trip
Hydration & Happiness
September 2011
- Happiness is just a neurochemical spurt – Loretta Breuning, The School of Life
- Film blog: I might live to regret this but… – Tom’s Bike Trip
- The Rules of My Expeditions – Alastair Humphreys
- A Lap of Zone One in 24 Hours – Andy Welch, Slow Quest *
- Almost everything you know about hydrating is wrong – Adventure Journal
- Sapporo to the Sea – Rob Thomson, 14 Degrees
Syria, London, Cape Town
August 2011
- Look At Syria -Tom’s Bike Trip
- 50 Best Places To Work from Outside Magazine
- Top Five Ocean-Tastic Moments – Roz Savage
- Guardian of the South – Cycling the Six
- 24hr Treadmill Run Report – Run With Mark
- Active Days Out From London – Fresh Air Fix
Books, Boats, Knives, Software
July 2011
- Robbed at Knifepoint in Morocco – by Sean Newall, The Commonwealth Challenge
- Dear Bibliotherapist – by The School of Life
- How To Be Happy Any Time – by Leo Babauta, Zen Habits
- 8 Handy Bits of Software for Travellers and Adventurers – by Tom Allen, Tom’s Bike Trip
- Heading to places unknown – by Lee Hughes
- Thames Boat from Building Waste Project – by Andy Welch, Slow Quest *
Slowest, Fast, Perfect
June 2011
- Think Fast… – The Do Village
- Vancouver Island Circumnavigation – Angus Adventures
- The End of One Chapter and the Start of Another – Lee Hughes
- How To: Build the Perfect Expedition Bicycle (Part 2) – Slow Quest
- Microadventure on the Shetland Isles – Alastair Humphreys *
- The Slowest Form of Death – Andy Kirkpatrick
What are the best expedition/adventure blogs?
May 2011
Here are a few arbitrarily selected sites that I read, in no particular order:
- The School of Life
- Andy Kirkpatrick
- Tom’s Bike Trip
- Zen Habits
- The Adventure Blog
- Fresh Air Fix
- Alastair Humphreys
- Run With Mark
- The Art of Non-Conformity
- Escape The City
And, of course, my Adventurer’s Blogging Chain colleagues Mark Kalch, Dan Martin, Dave Cornthwaite and Sarah Outen.
Heaven, Hell and Hills
April 2011
- Sometimes you’ve got to go through hell to get to heaven – Mark Coope
- ‘My Outdoors’ Q&A with visitlondon.com – Fresh Air Fix
- Stop Press – Roz Savage
- Microadventure #3: Sleep on a Hill – Alastair Humphreys
- Vancouver to Vegas by Tandem – Dave Cornthwaite
- Breaking Free From Consumerist Chains– Zen Habits
Bicycle Love, Preaching and Stuff
March 2011
- Say No to stuff, Yes to trips – Alastair Humphreys
- How to get off the bicycle by Falling in Love – James Bowthorpe
- Preaching only to the converted is pointless – Lewis Gordon Pugh
- What Does It Mean To Finish A Journey?
- Featured Expedition: The An-Tiki – Angus Adventure
- 9 Mindfulness Rituals to Make Your Day Better – Zen Habits
Suffering free and simply
June 2010
- 10 Things We Believe – Escape the City
- Will and Suffering – Alastair Humphreys
- On Living Simply and Naturally – Zen Habits
- Free Advice – The Art of Non-Comformity
- Swimming: The Next Step in Adventure – Dan Martin
- 5 Reasons Why Trying to be Successful Will Keep You Poor – Copy Blogger
Memory, Mind Games and Machinery
April/May 2010
- Practical tacics for dealing with haters – Tim Ferris
- Benjamin Frankin’s 10 Virtues – Escape the City
- On spirituality, not machinery – Mark Vernon
- Training Tuesday #4 – Mind Games – Dan Martin
- Adventurers and the X-Factor – Mark Kalch
- Someday, all this will be a memory – Revolution Cycle ***
Pavarotti’s fear of biscuits
March 2010
- Luciano Pavarotti’s Secret for Online Success – The Art of Non-Conformity
- For a Biscuit – Ben Saunders
- Top 10 running quotations (not my top 10)– Mark Cooper
- Alain de Botton on Gratitude – The School of Life
- Fear of philanthropy (avert your eyes) – Seth Godin
- Separate compartment in your stomach for dessert – 1000 Awesome Things
What did you read last month?
February 2010
- Why I Can’t Live In Armenia (I’m Too British) – Ride Earth, Tom Allen
- Social Flow: How doing it together beats doing it alone – BPS Research Digest
- Kappa – James Bowthorpe, Globe Cycle
- 5 Travel Lessons You Can Use At Home– Rolf Potts (on the Blog of Tim Ferris)
- Wild, wonderful places to sleep – Alastair Humphreys
- The Devil Drives – Mark Kalch
A Simple Democratic Corporate Life
January 2010
- Beware of Life – The Art of Non-Comformity
- 21 Simple Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy Life – Beliefnet
- Nick South Gate on Diplomacy – The School of Life
- Quitting the Corporate Life – New Life Travel *
- The beginning… – Cycling The 6
- Happy days, happy new year – Sarah Outen
How to become an Eco Ironman
December 09
- Yes I do have the record… and now for a spelling lesson – This is not for charity *
- Motivational Fluctuations – Walking the Amazon
- This is about us – George Monbiot
- How to become an Eco Ironman – The Eco-Ironman
- Looking backwards – Escape the City
- Please stand on the right (if you are a loser) – Alastair Humphreys *
How to camp anywhere and not get busted
November 2009
- How to camp anywhere and not get busted – Ride Earth
- Get rid of 10 things – Alastair Humphreys
- Apparent risk and actual risk – Seth Godin
- How to Hold Your Breath Like David Blaine, World Record Holder (and Now, Me) – Tim Ferris
- Altitude and Mortality – Ray Peat
- The Good Student – The Art of Non-Conformity
You are my sunshine
October 09
- How to work out what to do with your life – Rob Symington, Esc the City
- A day in the life of an author / adventurer / motivational speaker / big kid – Alastair Humphreys *
- What you’ve missed about charity bike rides – Ride Earth
- 7 reasons to eat more saturated fat – Tim Ferris
- You are my sunshine, my only sunshine – This Is Not For Charity
- “It’s only life and death”: Disaster and opportunity interview with John Ungar – The Art of Non-Conformity
Six of the Best
September 2009
- Welcome – Michael Halls-Moore
- 8 Tiny Ways in which I’m improving my life – Alastair Humphreys
- The power of 20% – Paul Deegan
- Finally: The end of food journals? – Tim Ferris
- HD Video from the Edge of Space – Slash Dot (click the linked text for a video)
- Happiness – Lee Hughes
Check for the latest Six of the Best articles on the blog here.
