Author: Tim Moss
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Chore Hacking: The Adventurer’s Household
It’s not uncommon for me to receive offers of guest blogs but they don’t usually come from home improvement experts. George’s pitch on ‘chore hacking’ for adventurers really tickled me so today I’m handing over the blog to man in lifestyle design… Adventurer’s Household – Chores Hacking Top 10 Tips to Save Time, Money…
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‘Wow, it was hard’ – The first grant winner reports back
I’m delighted to have the first report from a winner of our expedition grant who has completed their expedition. Teenagers George Kefford and Jaxson Samuels successfully walked the length of North Stradbroke Island, off the coast of Australia. Below, George reports on burns, blood blisters and Bluebottle jellyfish… Walking Across North Stradbroke Island by…
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Discounted ‘Early Bird’ tickets for the Cycle Touring Festival now on sale
This is just a quick post to let you know that tickets are now on sale for the 2016 Cycle Touring Festival. Last year’s event went really well. We received almost universally positive feedback and Laura’s been working hard to make this year’s festival even better. If you buy your tickets before February 19th then…
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Anyone Can Cycle Around the World (121 pieces of evidence)
Here’s a fantastic ‘infographic’ showing the basic details of over one hundred different round-the-world cyclists. It was made by Mads Phikamphon at Icebike.org. Laura and I feature. Aside from being a wonderful piece of art, it also reinforces the single most important message there is to hear about cycle touring. And it’s the same message…
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Walking the Great Wall in Winter
First: Hi Tim, Happy New Year! I just got back from Australia last night, and I plan to head off tomorrow morning for my trek…” Then: I’ve just taken a closer look at the weather forecast and it’s meant to snow and hit -20C overnight at the nearest weather station (meaning it’ll be closer to…
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Two Teenagers Cross Stradbroke Island
From the hundreds of applications we received for our expedition grant last year, perhaps my favourite came from George Kefford. His idea was wonderfully simple: take a boat to a desert island off the coast of Australia and then walk across it. Apparently it’s the second largest sand island in the world and, apparently, no…
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Is It Possible To Do Real Expeditions Whilst Holding Down A Real Job?
You don’t need to quit your job to do proper expeditions A common message from “adventurers” is that to follow your dream you should quit your job and go on a grand adventure. For some, this will be an inspiration that motivates them to do just that. Great. However, that only caters for a minority.…
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£1,000 Expedition Grant Up For Grabs (not from me this time)
Adventurer Sean Conway is offering up to a thousand pounds for anyone with a good adventure idea. You should apply. It’s called the #FindYourBeard Scholarship – a reference to bold challenges rather than anything to do with facial hair. Although, of course, Sean’s expedition beard is amongst the very best in the business: The scholarship…
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‘I’ve never won anything this exciting in my life!’ – Meet the 2015 Grant Winners
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 to Scotland They are students and teachers, marine conservationists and forest engineers Their trips will…
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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 expeditions. His last film, Into the Empty Quarter, was top quality. A great story told…
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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 all. One of the winners was Elise Downing. She started her challenge of running around…
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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 your application wasn’t successful’. And, as you’d imagine, I’ve had quite a range of responses.…