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  • 10 Tips for Making a Living out of Expeditions

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    Ever wondered if you could make a career out of expeditions, using adventure to generate money to pay the bills and fund the next trip? It’s an aspiration held by many but I think there’s still a slight air of mystery about how you could actually go about it. Thankfully we have some advice from…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Paddling Expedition

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    Open canoes, kayaks, rafts, stand-up paddle boards… if you fancy a go at an expedition on any of these then below is some advice from fellow Adventurer’s Blogging Chain member Mark Kalch. I normally write intros for the guests providing 10 Tips but Mark’s done a pretty good one for me… “Mark Kalch’s 7 rivers,…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Ocean Rowing Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE: Was written in 2011 by Sarah Outen after becoming the first woman to row across the Indian Ocean. At the time she was preparing to travel human-powered around the world, a trip that would include rowing across both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. This was her advice for anyone considering attempting an…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Off-Road Cycling Expedition

    10 Tips For Your First Off-Road Cycling Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE: Is written by Tom Allen who has recently returned to the UK with his mountain bike having spent the last few years travelling on it through 30-odd countries. His old teammate Andy Welch recently gave us some tips for anyone planning a big cycling expedition and now it’s Tom’s turn to give some pointers…

  • How To: Climb Mount Everest

    How To: Climb Mount Everest

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    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. It also covers the basic costs. [divide] [box type=”note” bg=”#ebebeb” color=”#111″ font=”arial” fontsize=”13″ border=”#a6a6a6″ head=”Get…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Swimming Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE: Is written by Dan Martin; the guy I like to call Big Ocean Man who is training to swim across the Atlantic as the first stage of his Global Triathlon. If you really need find out more about his credentials for writing this article then visit his website. Otherwise, here is some advice…

  • How To: Get to the North Pole

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    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 “An excellent book” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes “The bible for polar planning” – Conrad Dickinson,…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Big Bicycle Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE: Is written by Andy Welch who set off in 2007 on an attempt to cycle around the world on a mountain bike with his friend Tom Allen. It would be unjust and impossible for me to try and summarise everything that Andy’s adventures have led to since then (for that you can visit…

  • How To: Set Up an Expedition Blog

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    THIS ARTICLE: Will show you how to create a website for your expedition. One that efficiently promotes it before departure, can be managed easily from the field via mobile, satellite phone or internet cafe and which provides a permanent record after the event. It will demonstrate how to automatically integrate with Twitter and Facebook and also…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Desert Expedition

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    THIS ARTICLE is written by Sam McConnell. Sam spent many years working as a desert guide in Namibia and once walked solo and unsupported across the Dune Sea of the Namib Desert. In preparing for my own first desert expedition, he was the first person I got in touch with. He also helped with my book.…

  • How To: Climb an Unclimbed Mountain

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    THIS ARTICLE: Will show you how to find mountains that have never been climbed. It takes you from the key factors for identifying potential first ascents to how you going about confirming your suspicions. It is aimed at those with a degree of expedition experience but not necessarily technical expertise. It is based on a…

  • How To: Run an Ultra Marathon

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    SYNOPSIS: This article is designed to take the amateur runner from doing the occasional half hour jog after work or once-a-year half marathon, to running their first Ultra Marathon. It is not a rigid, day-by-day training plan (because I don’t think you need one) and it probably won’t help you run one quickly (because I…