Author: Tim Moss
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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 you can see bigger versions by clicking on them…
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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 limited funds. And, as such, we’ve chosen one big winner and nine smaller winners. I’ve got to…
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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 125 – 245g / 8.6oz Yeti Fever Zero – 280g / 9.9oz Z Packs 40…
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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 something like that. Something, somewhere, somehow has made you want to have an adventure and…
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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 myself, I know how disappointing it can feel… But it shouldn’t. In dreaming something big…
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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 all now been invited to fill out a more detailed application form (the initial one…
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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 be this popular. But then I wasn’t sure if I’d get 100 backers for it…
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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 up on sleep after a 2am start, we’ll take a bus out into the mountains…
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Win £1,300 for an Adventure (My Expedition Grant Just Trebled)
I am thrilled to announce that, thanks to the backing of Mark Beaumont, Al Humphreys and others, The Next Challenge Expedition Grant is now worth a whopping £1,200 £1,300. Apply here. How has this happened? First, I offered the £200 that my website made in advertising last year. Then, 100 people each threw in £2…
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Could You?
When I was at school, the “800 metres” was a long distance race. I coudn’t believe it when my friend told me he’d gone to the county games and witnessed “the fifteen hundred”. Could you really run that far? At university seven years later, I ran my first proper race. 16 miles. It was the…
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Comparison of Gas Stoves
Review of over 50 of the best camping stoves. It includes ten of the lightest stoves in the world, various remote canister stoves and every all-in-one Jetboil-style stove on the market. There’s also an explanation of all the different types of gas canister along with adaptors so you can use all of them as well…
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How I Fund My Expeditions
The heartbreaking hunt for sponsorship By far the most common query and perceived stumbling block for those planning an expedition is how to fund it. This normally manifests in a heartbreaking hunt for sponsors and a search for the golden ticket that will make it happen. Sometimes people get lucky but 99 times out of…