Author: Tim Moss
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Expedition Fundraising and Sponsorship Advice #3 – Ethos
Below are a few things that I would advise to anyone seeking sponsorship for an expedition. Reading them may not help you get money in the short-term but it will be a step toward going about it in the right way. In the long-term, I believe that you will reap the benefits of your good…
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I Don’t Want to be a Professional Adventurer
The aim of The Next Challenge is to encourage people to live more adventurously and facilitate them in doing so. One way in which I strive to achieve this is by writing about my own experiences in the hope that they’ll variously excite, motivate and yes, even inspire others to take action. As such, it…
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The Return of Running the Tube
Last year, Laura and I ran the length of every Tube line in London from start to finish. However, many lines on the London Underground have more than one branch which means that there are several sections which we have yet to run. Now that we’re back from a brief hiatus in the Gulf, and…
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Mississippi Calling
My friend Dave, who recently gave us some advice on skateboarding expeditions, is about to set off on an expedition to stand-up paddle board the length of the Mississippi river. In his own words… Dave Cornthwaite is attempting to raise £1,000,000 for charity by undertaking 25 separate non-motorised journeys of 1000 miles or more. Starting…
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Expeditions Are No Better Than Offices
It is so easy to set up a website, call yourself an adventurer and then proceed to tell everyone that they are wasting their lives sat in offices when they could be out on expeditions all the time instead. Such a crude point is patronising in the extreme and an over simplified idealism at best.…
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What are the best expedition/adventure/life blogs?
At the end of each month I publish on this website a list of six blog posts that I’ve enjoyed reading in the preceding weeks. You can see last month’s list here (congratulations to Al Humphreys whose great video about sleeping on a hill was the most popular). I’ve just been flicking through my favourite articles…
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Like Martin Strel – Thames Diary #3
Swimming downstream with the flow of a river is about as close as I’ve ever felt to flying. When your arms glide effortlessly through the cold, clear water, and each time you glance to the side, the bank is moving like the view from a train window. I would recommend it to anybody. Our swims…