Author: Tim Moss
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How To: Climb an Unclimbed Mountain
THIS ARTICLE: Will show you how to find mountains that have never been climbed. It takes you from the key factors for identifying potential first ascents to how you going about confirming your suspicions. It is aimed at those with a degree of expedition experience but not necessarily technical expertise. It is based on a…
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Everyday Adventure #8 – Reclaim the Night
“I’m tired when I get home from work.” “I couldn’t do that sort of thing.” “There aren’t enough hours in the day.” I can’t help with all of the excuses but, with that last one, I can. I happen to agree though. There aren’t enough hours in the day to fit in all of the…
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Living in Oman
As of last weekend I am now based in Muscat, Oman, for the next few months. I’ve never been anywhere in the Middle East before (unless you count Baku airport) or lived in country whose first language isn’t English (or which is quite so hot). It already seems like a warm and welcoming place, and…
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What is Trail Rekking?
A cross between trail running and trekking, according to my pal Rob Cousins. Here’s a piece he wrote recently for Adventure Travel Magazine about his experiences with a small backpack and a fresh pair of socks somewhere near Annapurna. As you run more and more, your training becomes a little more adventurous. You’ll go a…
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How To: Run an Ultra Marathon
SYNOPSIS: This article is designed to take the amateur runner from doing the occasional half hour jog after work or once-a-year half marathon, to running their first Ultra Marathon. It is not a rigid, day-by-day training plan (because I don’t think you need one) and it probably won’t help you run one quickly (because I…
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‘Running the Tube’ BBC News Feature
This is the BBC News piece featuring Laura and I on our final Tube run. Apologies for the awful quality.
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Sakhalin, Hokkaido, Choshi, Muscat
I will be visiting a few new places in the next two weeks. By the time you read this, I will be in a plane somewhere over Siberia on my way to the island of Sakhalin. From there I’ll take a boat to Hokkaido, the north island of Japan, then fly down to Tokyo and…
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I Didn’t Win
Just a quick one to let you know that I wasn’t one of the winners in the British Airways ‘Great Britons’ competition last week. I was shortlisted to win flights for my Olympics-themed South Pole expedition but evidently did not get enough votes. Part of me felt silly for scrabbling around so desperately to gather…
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How To: Use Supermarket Food for Sports Nutrition
SYNOPSIS: This article details simple, cheap and natural alternatives to isotonic sports drinks, energy bars and energy gels. The purpose and weaknesses of each engineered product are analysed and substitutes are offered with an explanation of why they are as good or better. Enter any race these days and you’ll invariably be handed a sports…
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The Next Challenge is changing
You may have noticed a few changes on my website. I’ve had a bit of a re-design that will, hopefully, make it more use friendly and look a little better. Thanks for bearing with me while I tinker. But I am also trying to make changes that extend beyond the aesthetic. I first came up…
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Please say nice things about me (so I can get to the South Pole)
Voting ends tomorrow in the competition for which I’ve been shortlisted. Hopefully you have already voted for me but, if not, I’d be very grateful if you’d take 30-seconds out of your day to do so. Only two candidates go through but the website indicates it’s not based on votes alone but rather a more…