I’ve written somewhere between 150 and 200 posts on this website over the course of the year. I started off with a high output (four posts a week) but have tried latterly to focus on q... Read more
As regular readers will know, I am part of a small group of adventurous people who take it in turns to write articles for each other as part of an Adventurer’s Blogging Chain. To mark... Read more
I was going to write a list of my favourite expeditions and adventures from 2010 but have had so many suggestions from other people that I thought it would be churlish to just pick my own fa... Read more
In no particular order, here are my favourite ten blog posts from this year. What do you think? What would you add? Someday, all this will be a memory* – Revolution Cycle 10 things we... Read more
I don’t usually schedule blog posts for a Saturday but I think we can make an exception for those of you online today. Below are two small treats for Christmas. First up, a couple of m... Read more
The major sticking point for most people planning an expedition is money. Right? How they can fund it and who will sponsor them. Yet, I’ve never been on an expedition that had enough m... Read more
How has your year been? As another precious one slides by, I’ve found myself, as ever, wondering how it’s passed so quickly. So, to make myself feel better, I cast my mind back t... Read more
THIS ARTICLE: Offers a basic overview of how you might go about climbing Mount Everest. It introduces some key terms, highlights the likely difficulties and explains the two main routes to t... Read more
This is a little egotistical and very indulgent but I’ve enjoyed flicking back through some old pieces on my website to select a few lines that have made me smile on re-reading. ... Read more
When I tell people that my girlfriend and I have been spending many of the last eight months’ precious weekends running tens of miles along transport lines through Greater London, they invar... Read more
Question: How good is a spatula at digging a car out of sand? Answer: Better than a coolbox lid but not not as good as Tupperware It was fine last night. The black-top had turned to dirt-tra... Read more
THIS ARTICLE: Is written by Dan Martin; the guy I like to call Big Ocean Man who is training to swim across the Atlantic as the first stage of his Global Triathlon. If you really need find o... Read more
