Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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What Adventures Are Left?
An excellent, thoughtful and well-researched article appeared on the BBC News website this week which posed the question: What adventures are left? I would highly recommend you read it. I sent in my comments in response but they’ll probably never…
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Beginner’s Guide to Wild Swimming
Wild swimming has attracted significant media attention over the last couple of years writes Laura Moss. Whether it’s Robson Green swimming the infamous Corryvreckan whirlpool, Lewis Gordon Pugh swimming up Everest, or David Walliams swimming the Thames, everyone seems to…
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Heart Rates – How Low Can You Go?
It wasn’t that long ago that I first got my hands on a heart rate monitor. I’ve never been sufficiently into the minutiae of fitness training (or dedicated enough?) to apply any kind of science to it, like using a…
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Feedback (and blog updates once a week from now on)
The Next Challenge blog has been running consistently for three and a half years. For the last two years I have posted new articles twice a week, every week, at 7am every Monday and Thursday. The only exceptions to that…
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10 Tips for Your First Sea Kayaking Expedition
Today we are very lucky to have sea kayaking legend Justine Curgenven from Cackle TV offering advice for anyone considering an expedition by sea kayak. As well as having kayaked around Kamchatka, Tasmania, Tierra del Fuego and Wales (and across the English…
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One Man’s Journey of a Lifetime – Lloyd Figgins
I recently designed a new website for adventurer and safety expert Lloyd Figgins. Lloyd is currently preparing for the rather bold challenge of running 1,200 miles from Lands End to John O’Groats. But today he is sharing his experiences from…
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Facebook Competition
Right, last chance to win a free copy of my book How to Get to the North Pole and Other Iconic Adventures. To enter the draw, all you have to do is ‘Like’ The Next Challenge on Facebook. You can…
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That’s All from the Book (and some nice pictures)
Over the last five months I’ve been slowly releasing a series of short extracts from my book as blog posts on this site. It was partly to help promote the book and partly because I know that not everyone will…
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The Language of Polar Expeditions
Polar expeditions almost have a language of their own. Below are a few key terms that will help put Arctic travel in context: [divide] [box type=”note” bg=”#ebebeb” color=”#111″ font=”arial” fontsize=”13″ border=”#a6a6a6″ head=”How To Get To The North Pole” headbg=”#21417b” headcolor=”#fff”]…
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Climbing Terminology
Climbing is filled with a lot of jargon. Some of the terms in particular define key concepts for mountaineering so getting your head around them can be quite fundamental. Below are a few useful bits of terminology. [divide] [box type=”note”…
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Advice for the Oceans and Seas
I had a wide range of contributors for the ocean rowing and sailing chapters of my book. See for yourself… Ocean Rowing Contributors Olly Hicks – The first person to row solo from America to England Roz Savage – The only woman to have…
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