Stories from winners of The Next Challenge Grant and my own adventures…
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The major sticking point for most people planning an expedition is money. Right? How they can fund it and who will sponsor them. Yet, I’ve never been on an expedition that had enough money or, for that matter, met anyone…
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2010 Review – A Year of Adventures
How has your year been? As another precious one slides by, I’ve found myself, as ever, wondering how it’s passed so quickly. So, to make myself feel better, I cast my mind back to the adventures I’ve had over the…
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How To: Climb Mount Everest
THIS ARTICLE: Offers a basic overview of how you might go about climbing Mount Everest. It introduces some key terms, highlights the likely difficulties and explains the two main routes to the summit as well as touching on the alternatives.…
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Heaven Opens the Sluice Gates (and other lines from my blog)
This is a little egotistical and very indulgent but I’ve enjoyed flicking back through some old pieces on my website to select a few lines that have made me smile on re-reading. “Heaven opens the sluice gates and eight…
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Why Run the Tube? / If Not With Words
When I tell people that my girlfriend and I have been spending many of the last eight months’ precious weekends running tens of miles along transport lines through Greater London, they invariably ask “Why?”. If not with words then with…
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Day One in the Desert
Question: How good is a spatula at digging a car out of sand? Answer: Better than a coolbox lid but not not as good as Tupperware It was fine last night. The black-top had turned to dirt-track and the dirt-track…
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How To: Get to the North Pole
This article was first published in 2010. It has since been used by tens of thousands and made into a full book. [divide] How to Get to the North Pole ebook [one_third] [/one_third] [two_third_last] “The perfect resource” – Bear Grylls…
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Head for the Drawing Board – Everyday Adventure #9
The next best thing to the thrill of an expedition is planning one. Poring over a map, tracing the line that you’re going to walk/run/cycle/fly and piercing it with a pin as the idea once did your heart. Punching key…
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A Day in the Desert – Sharqiya Sands in Pictures
I keep having to pinch myself over here in Oman as a reminder that I am not on holiday and that these amazing places I visit are done so on my weekend, just a few hours’ drive from Muscat. One…
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Off to the Dhofar Mountains
One of the slight quirks of life in Oman is that you never quite know when public holidays will occur. They’re only announced a few days in advance. Thus it was only last Wednesday – with the announcement of four…
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