The Next Challenge

Author: Tim Moss

  • Cycling from Cornwall to Scotland

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      Laura and I have just returned from Edinburgh having cycled there from Plymouth. I had some trouble with my website whilst we were away so here is an article that should have gone online last week (you might have seen it on my Light My Fire blog): [divide] 1,000km from Devon to Scotland. That’s…

  • How To: Sail the Seven Seas

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    THIS ARTICLE: Explains how you can take a boat and explore the world’s oceans. There is a brief history of sailing followed by an explanation of the options available including sailing with a company, on a tall ship, as a crew member, in a round-the-world race or rally, and cruising independently. The likely difficulties are detailed,…

  • Expedition Planning Software

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    “I want to plan an expedition but I don’t know where to start” The above statement is one of the more common themes that arises when people contact me for help. They have an idea but are slightly overwhelmed about starting something – a bike ride, a climbing expedition, a polar journey – with which…

  • Hello Ridgeback

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    The trauma of losing a close friend last week was quickly overcome with the arrival of his direct replacement. I am very pleased to announce that Laura and I have been sponsored with two new, shiny Ridgeback World Panorama touring bikes. (Pictured above freshly assembled in the living room where, sadly, it had to stay…

  • Goodbye Bobby

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    Last week I said my goodbyes to a dear friend. I’d known Bobby for five years and we’d been on many an adventure together. He was my first touring bike. Due to his being “big boned”, my friends nicknamed (a little cruelly I thought) “The Best of Burden”, eventually shortened to just “The Beast” and…

  • Climbing Mountains in Kyrgyzstan

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    I had never heard of Kyrgyzstan or the Tien Shan mountains when a friend suggested we go climbing there, nor had I worn crampons or ever left Europe before. The thought of setting off for these huge peaks was both exciting and very daunting. But set off I did, with Ben Davitt and Thom Allen,…

  • My First Step

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    My first step on the road to becoming an adventurer was something of a giant leap. I found myself dangling from a rope on a 6,000-metre peak in Kyrgyzstan that had only been climbed thrice. The trip was a disaster. The reference to dangling was not metaphorical. We never summited anything and our poor food…

  • How to Skateboard from Dusk ’til Dawn

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    Today we have an article written by Lauren Rains from Outdoor Minded Mag (for whom I wrote an article last year). Lauren has, rather flatteringly, gone to the effort of formatting her advice article about skateboarding in the style of a Next Challenge ‘How To’ guide. Over to Lauren… How to Skateboard from Dusk ’til…

  • Light My Fire Adventurer of the Year 2013

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    Swedish company Light My Fire make the excellent fire steel ‘strikers’ – great pieces of kit for reliably lighting a stove in the cold and wet – but are probably better known for the ubiquitous plastic sporks you find by the tills in most outdoors shops. They also run an annual ‘Adventurer of the Year’…

  • Kukri Adventure Scholarship (we didn’t get it)

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    As many of you will know from your kind support and our constant spamming, Laura and I entered a video into the Kukri Adventure Scholarship competition before Christmas. It was partly judged on the number of votes cast for each video and we were roughly in the top third for vote count so thank you…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Science Expedition

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    James Borrell shares his top tips for science, research and fieldwork on expedition. “The urge to explore a wilderness is inseparable from the desire to help save it.” – Michael Fay 10 Tips for your First Science Expedition 1. Embrace Your Inner Scientist I’d like to start by busting the myth that you need to be…

  • How To: Cross a Desert

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    This guide tells you how to complete a desert crossing. It examines different methods such as on foot, by car, with camels or dragging a cart. Difficulties, like dehydration, sun stroke and spiders, snakes and scorpions, are examined and costs are broken down, before first steps are given to get you started. This article is…