My friend Dave, who recently gave us some advice on skateboarding expeditions, is about to set off on an expedition to stand-up paddle board the length of the Mississippi river. In his own words… Dave Cornthwaite is attempting to raise £1,... Read more
Lying beneath the stars in the Inylchek Valley, my first night out on my first big expedition Cresting the final hill after 18 months’ preparation and 14 hours of cycling, swimming and running, to see a huge crowd gathered outside Thom... Read more
It is so easy to set up a website, call yourself an adventurer and then proceed to tell everyone that they are wasting their lives sat in offices when they could be out on expeditions all the time instead. Such a crude point is patronising in th... Read more
At the end of each month I publish on this website a list of six blog posts that I’ve enjoyed reading in the preceding weeks. You can see last month’s list here (congratulations to Al Humphreys whose great video about sleeping on a h... Read more
Swimming downstream with the flow of a river is about as close as I’ve ever felt to flying. When your arms glide effortlessly through the cold, clear water, and each time you glance to the side, the bank is moving like the view from a trai... Read more
Having recently become a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, I am now able attend their great selection of members’ event. One recent such event was a talk by Lewis Gordon Pugh about his swim at the North Pole. It was an entertaining... Read more
In 2006 Dave Cornthwaite became the first person to skateboard the length of Britain. His 900-mile journey from John O’Groats to Lands End was a warm-up for a much more ambitious skate, a 3618 mile crossing of Australia from Perth to Brisbane, w... Read more
I often receive emails asking for advice on fundraising and finding sponsorship for expeditions and I often find myself thinking the same things: Why do you want a sponsor? Wouldn’t you rather be on a cheap expedition than begging someone... Read more
The next London Explorers event will be Thursday 7th July 2011. I think the first event a few weeks ago went really well. We had a good crowd and there was a nice buzz going around the room as people exchanged stories and ideas. If you couldn... Read more
Oman, I have learned, is a beautiful country. Laura and I lived there for about six months and, acutely aware of our finite stay, we tried to make the most of our time there. If you’re planning a trip to Oman be it for travel, tourism, sig... Read more
I feel a little bad writing this. No matter how amazing an expedition, a daily account is rarely the most riveting way for it to be documented. And with a project like swimming the Thames, you’d be forgiven for thinking that one stretch is... Read more
Some of my favourite expedition memories are from the lowest points. Here is a list written with the rosy glow of hindsight: Sleeping bolt upright on a 9-inch platform cut into a 45-degree snow slope at 5,000m in the Tian Shan (pictured) The roa... Read more
