Author: Tim Moss
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Jetboil vs – System Stoves Review
A comparison of every Jetboil-style System Stove on the market. Overview | Speed & Efficiency | Weight | Size & Dimensions | Features Introduction In 2001, Jetboil released a stove that was different from anything else on the market: an all-in-one burner and pot, designed purely for heating water as rapidly and efficiently as possible.…
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2019 Grant Deadline Extended (plus: win £150’s worth of free kit)
Two bits of news for you grant fans: 1. 2019 Grant deadline The deadline for the 2019 Next Challenge Grant has been extended. It was previously 31 December 2018 but is now 31 January 2019. In previous years, the grant has taken place over two rounds: an initial application followed by detailed applications from a…
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Down to My Last Box of Books
Warning: This article is a shameless attempt to get you to buy one of my books for Christmas. I published my second book earlier this year – With the Sun on Our Right – about the people my wife and I met while cycling around the world. When I looked in the garage on the…
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How Did You Decide What to Leave Out? (How I Wrote My Book)
My friend Kate Rawles, author of The Carbon Cycle, is in the process of writing her second book (details here). While doing so, she has been reading mine. And that prompted her to ask about my writing process: “…have finally started reading your book and am really enjoying it. It’s a very engaging, clear style.…
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Walking all of Dartmoor’s Tors
The ‘Ten Tors’ is a notoriously tough challenge that happens every year in Dartmoor. As the name suggests, it involves walking up ten different hills in the National Park. Grant winner Emily Woodhouse had done that before though. Several times. She wanted a bigger challenge. She decided to try walking up every tor on Dartmoor.…
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Why I Quit Being an Adventurer to Become an Accountant
Last month, I qualified as a Chartered Accountant. After three years and 15 exams, I am now chartered in my chosen profession. You will note that my profession is not “adventurer”. I don’t actively portray myself as a full-time adventurer. A cursory glance at my LinkedIn profile would reveal that I have “a normal job”…
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From City to Summit – Walking from Boston to Mount Washington
My least favourite part of running my own expedition grant is having to turn people down. Which is why I love it so much when someone who doesn’t win a grant still completes their expedition. Here’s one such story from Tom Hennell, who recently walked from Boston city centre to the summit of Mount Washington.…
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New Book Published: The Kindness of Strangers
Laura and I have contributed a chapter to a new book. It’s called ‘The Kindness of Strangers: Travel stories that make your heart grow’ You can buy it here on Amazon. The book has been published by Summersdale. It’s edited by Fearghal O’Nuallain and has a foreword by Levison Wood. https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqTckYHAvX/?taken-by=fearghal_o Other contributors include Benedict…
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Three Teenagers Tackle the Tour du Mont Blanc
I always enjoy reading applications for my grant but but I particularly enjoy applications from young people. The application I received from teenagers Joe, William and Ollie to walk the Tour du Mont Blanc was excellent. I was really impressed with how meticulously they had planned their trip (we’re talking daily itinerary and budget to…
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Rock Climbing the UK’s 82 Classic Routes (and cycling between them)
I usually say that The Next Challenge Grant is for small adventures but every year there are exceptions. Last year, Lisa and Libby ran up every 3,000ft mountain in Scotland and, in 2015, Elise ran five thousand miles around the coast of Great Britain, to name just two such exceptions. This year, Oli Warlow took…
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2019 Next Challenge Grant Open for Applications
The Next Challenge Grant is once again open for applications and donations. The deadline for applications is 31 December 2018 and grants will be awarded in January 2019. Click here to apply Click here to donate The 2019 Next Challenge Grant This is the fifth of year of the grant. I started it in 2015…
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A Homemade ‘IronMan’ in the Candian Rockies
In his application for The Next Challenge Grant, German student Hajo Spathe wrote: I have never seen a more beautiful place than the Canadian Rockies! Turquoise lakes like emeralds and the Icefield Parkway Highway is just breathtaking.” His idea was to undertake an IronMan-style triathlon in this beautiful land he had discovered. His Canadian ‘RockieMountainsIronman’…