Author: Tim Moss

  • You Are Not Home Yet

    You may have had a shower, washed your clothes and even had a shave of your expedition beard or leg hair but until you feel the familiar flow of the shower in your bathroom, see your weathered face in its mirror and slip on clothes that have not been worn every day for a month,…

  • These Boots Are Made For Walking

    The above image depicts my recently retired running shoes. I had been using them regularly since the summer of 2007. They were kindly donated by Decathlon Surrey Quays for my “real world” triathlon from London to the Isle of Wight and, after almost four years of use and abuse, they finally came to an end…

  • Sakhalin to Hokkaido by kayak

    Hmmm, I wrote the post below yesterday to give you a heads-up about an exciting expedition occurrence you could follow live… But it didn’t get posted for some reason and now you’ve missed it! Anyway, you can get the gist of it below and – SPOILER ALERT – Sarah and Justine landed safely on Japan…

  • Hydration & Happiness – Six of the Best, September 2011

    Below are some articles from other people’s websites that I have enjoyed reading over the last month and think that you might too. They tend to be from blogs about expeditions, adventures, life and philosophy. (Post written rapidly whilst away in Japan…!) 1. Happiness is just a neurochemical spurt – Loretta Breuning, The School of Life…

  • 11 Memorable Bivi Spots

    1. Many cliff-edge locations with sea views from nine years walking the South West Coastal Path 2. Dieppe harbour after an early morning ferry arrival and a Poole beach after the same thing on the way home 3. In a “bucket seat” ledge dug into a 45-degree snow slope at 5,000m in Kyrgyzstan   4.…

  • Top 10 Expedition Dramas

    Dramas, also known as “epics”, are an integral part of expedition life. Awful to live through, gold dust in the pub afterwards. Here are some favourites, if that’s the right word: A careless glissade turning into dangerous free fall on the descent to base camp in Kyrgyzstan. I eventually self-arrested after tumbling over a small…

  • So Far On The Thames

    Well, the summer months are drawing to a close and I’ll be out of the country for about six weeks supporting Sarah Outen so this seems like a good point to round up how Laura and I have got on swimming the Thames so far. We have covered about 19 miles of swimming. I still…

  • Some Touching Expedition Memories

      Casually mentioning to my friend Rob that I was a bit peckish 13 hours into a triathlon then watching him sprint ahead of me (not hard at the point), locate a Mars Bar, unwrap it and stand at the roadside holding it out for me. That first car that pulled over on an M4…

  • How Can I Do Better? Five Quick Questions

    I’ve been running this website for over two years now. I update it religiously every Monday and Thursday morning at 7am. Google tells me that more people are reading it than they used to but maybe that’s just an artefact of being online for a while. Beyond that my only measure is how many people ‘Like’…

  • Kayaking from Russia to Japan

    Rowing across the Pacific Ocean is problem the toughest part of Sarah Outen’s expedition on most measures but there is another section which is far more complicated: kayaking to Japan. I have spent the last year or so working on the logistics for this stretch of the trip and am currently in Russia to assist…

  • 8 Ways To Beat Cabin Fever

    Moving back to London after five glorious months in Oman has dealt a few shocks to the systems. Coupled with a heavier workload and injury, this has meant a lot of time sat at home at my desk. This is not something with which I deal well. Here are some tips for those struggling to…

  • A Thames Swimming Story

    Laura and I are swimming the length of the River Thames And we’d like to take you on a short journey. Come on in! We started at the source of the river. The first 14 miles were too shallow to swim so we ran. Once the water started flowing properly though, we jumped right in.…