Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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So Far On The Thames
Well, the summer months are drawing to a close and I’ll be out of the country for about six weeks supporting Sarah Outen so this seems like a good point to round up how Laura and I have got on…
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Some Touching Expedition Memories
Casually mentioning to my friend Rob that I was a bit peckish 13 hours into a triathlon then watching him sprint ahead of me (not hard at the point), locate a Mars Bar, unwrap it and stand at the…
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How Can I Do Better? Five Quick Questions
I’ve been running this website for over two years now. I update it religiously every Monday and Thursday morning at 7am. Google tells me that more people are reading it than they used to but maybe that’s just an artefact…
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Kayaking from Russia to Japan
Rowing across the Pacific Ocean is problem the toughest part of Sarah Outen’s expedition on most measures but there is another section which is far more complicated: kayaking to Japan. I have spent the last year or so working on…
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A Thames Swimming Story
Laura and I are swimming the length of the River Thames And we’d like to take you on a short journey. Come on in! We started at the source of the river. The first 14 miles were too shallow to…
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I See Shelter Where I Once Saw Trees
Expeditions have changed the way I view the world. I get excited when I see any two vertical objects spaced about three metres apart as I picture myself sat with absurd, childish pride beneath a perfectly pitched tarp. The attributes…
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Highlights from Sarah Outen’s round-the-world expedition so far
Sarah Outen’s expedition has been going for about five months now. She’s got another two years ahead of her but, before she gets stuck into the kayaking and rowing, here are a few personal highlights from her trip so far……
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Syria, London, Cape Town – Six of the Best, August 2011
Below are some articles from other people’s websites that I have enjoyed reading over the last month and think that you might too. They tend to be from blogs about expeditions, adventures, life and philosophy. I got rid of the…
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Prove Yourself With An Expedition!
Expeditions are not and should not be a proving ground for egos. Ego can be a useful tool on expeditions and there can be little doubt in the role that it must have played in some of the world’s greatest…
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