Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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Just a quick post to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to London Explorers last night. We had a great crowd for the first event. It was really good to finally put names to faces and…
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Choose Life
Sometimes it is easy to forget that you are alive. In fact, it’s often easier to act otherwise. Take the moment your alarm goes off and you react by hitting the ‘Snooze’ button on reflex. Choosing to stay dormant for…
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Heaven, Hell and Hills – Six of the Best, April 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. Have a look and vote for the ones you like. The most popular article last month was…
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Expedition Report: Dhofar Mountains Oman
In November 2010, I spent a week exploring the Dhofar Mountains of Oman with my girlfriend Laura. We were primarily based in the al Qamar region, close to the Yemen border. We travelled by two-wheel-drive and walked carrying all of our…
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Ankle deep in the Thames – Thames Diary #1
Starting in ankle deep water was never going to be ceremonious. We waved up to my parents who stood above us on the bridge at Cricklade which bore the sign ‘River Thames’ and marked our starting point, then began splashing…
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Frequently Used Excuses #1: I Have No Money
One of my favourite soapbox topics is the idea that you don’t need money to live adventurously. As such, it was nice to receive an article from Lee Hughes on that very theme. Lee runs the Ephemeral Project, a website which…
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Expedition Fundraising and Sponsorship Advice – #1 Pitching
I frequently receive emails asking for advice on fundraising and finding sponsorship for expeditions and I often find myself writing down the same things. To save us both time, here are a few general pieces of advice for pitching an idea…
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Why Do Things The Hard Way?
Expeditions in the twenty first century are rarely necessary. In fact, the vast majority of those conducted last century weren’t born of an actual need to accomplish anything either. Not like the old days where crossing a mountain range or…
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London Explorers Launch Event, Thursday 5th May
On Thursday 5th May I will be hosting an event to bring together like-minded people who are interested in expeditions. It will be the first event of a group called the London Explorers, organised through the Explorers Connect community started by…
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Tourists and Terrorists
A masked man appears in my rear mirror. He’s at the wheel of jeep with a large machine gun pointed in my general direction. The plume of dust in his wake comes directly from the Yemen border. Terrorists. We’d…
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Training for Life
It’s 7pm. It’s dark and I’m performing my 17th hill rep on the steep street of a quiet housing estate. It hurts. My lungs burn, my legs ache and nausea rises from the pit of my stomach each time I reach…
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