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Author: Tim Moss

  • How To: Get to the North Pole

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    This article was first published in 2010. It has since been used by tens of thousands and made into a full book. [divide] How to Get to the North Pole ebook [one_third] [/one_third] [two_third_last] “The perfect resource” – Bear Grylls “An excellent book” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes “The bible for polar planning” – Conrad Dickinson,…

  • Head for the Drawing Board – Everyday Adventure #9

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    The next best thing to the thrill of an expedition is planning one. Poring over a map, tracing the line that you’re going to walk/run/cycle/fly and piercing it with a pin as the idea once did your heart. Punching key words into Google, scouring message boards and gulping down Wikipedia articles to feed greedily with…

  • A Day in the Desert – Sharqiya Sands in Pictures

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    I keep having to pinch myself over here in Oman as a reminder that I am not on holiday and that these amazing places I visit are done so on my weekend, just a few hours’ drive from Muscat. One of the highlights of my week is downloading the photos from the previous weekend for…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Big Bicycle Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE: Is written by Andy Welch who set off in 2007 on an attempt to cycle around the world on a mountain bike with his friend Tom Allen. It would be unjust and impossible for me to try and summarise everything that Andy’s adventures have led to since then (for that you can visit…

  • Off to the Dhofar Mountains

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    One of the slight quirks of life in Oman is that you never quite know when public holidays will occur. They’re only announced a few days in advance. Thus it was only last Wednesday – with the announcement of four days off work for Eid al Adha – that Laura and I could properly commit…

  • One Small Piece of Advice… (Start Running)

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    I frequently get emails from people asking for help with their expeditions – it’s the reason I started this website and the reason there’s a big green button at the top right of your screen offering as much. More often than not, such conversations peter out and I never hear from the people again (with…

  • How To: Set Up an Expedition Blog

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    THIS ARTICLE: Will show you how to create a website for your expedition. One that efficiently promotes it before departure, can be managed easily from the field via mobile, satellite phone or internet cafe and which provides a permanent record after the event. It will demonstrate how to automatically integrate with Twitter and Facebook and also…

  • Some stats from Running the Tube

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    Earlier this year, my girlfriend Laura and I completed our challenge to run the length of every Tube line in London. Here are some numbers from the event: Lines Run: 12 Duration of Challenge: 7 months Average cost of run: 75p? Runs started outside the M25 and off the A-Z: 1 (Central Line) Physio visits:…

  • My Best 8 Photographs?

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    I applied recently for a job which required me to provide samples of my best photography. I take photographs all the time and populate this blog with the ones I enjoy most but I’ve never given much thought to which ones are the “best”. Perhaps that’s why I didn’t get the job. Anyway, I thought…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Desert Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE is written by Sam McConnell. Sam spent many years working as a desert guide in Namibia and once walked solo and unsupported across the Dune Sea of the Namib Desert. In preparing for my own first desert expedition, he was the first person I got in touch with. He also helped with my book.…

  • On Sakhalin, in Tokyo

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    At the end of last month I visited the far eastern Russian island of Sakhalin on a recce for Sarah Outen’s London to London: via the World expedition. I also hopped across to Japan too, though unfortunately not on the ferry I had planned to use. Here is the account I kept whilst out in…

  • Shouldering the Burden

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    The first touch of the chilled water felt good against my skin. In England, outdoor pools are heated but here in Oman, they’re cooled. The warm up was 200-metres of front crawl. I hadn’t really done serious lengths for over a year now. Not since I first hurt my shoulder. I’ve been avoiding hard swimming…