Category: Living Adventurously
-
Advice for the Oceans and Seas
I had a wide range of contributors for the ocean rowing and sailing chapters of my book. See for yourself… Ocean Rowing Contributors Olly Hicks – The first person to row solo from America to England Roz Savage – The only woman to have rowed all three major oceans Jason Lewis – Who completed a thirteen year circumnavigation of the globe…
-
Let the Games Begin: A Manifesto for London
On alternate days over the past two weeks, I have started and ended my day with a bicycle transect of Greater London. A thirty five mile return trip from north west to south east and back again, conducted at street level and on two wheels. For several months prior to this, I had been growing…
-
Mountaineering Boot and Crampon Ratings
Walking and mountaineering boots can be categorised on a rating between 0 and 3 to signify the purpose for which they are designed and the crampons with which they are compatible. Crampons are similarly rated 1-3. [divide] [box type=”note” bg=”#ebebeb” color=”#111″ font=”arial” fontsize=”13″ border=”#a6a6a6″ head=”How To Climb An Unclimbed Mountain” headbg=”#21417b” headcolor=”#fff”] This is an…
-
What are the Seven Seas?
The actual term ‘Seven Seas’ may stem from Ancient and Medieval Europe and refer to the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Black, Red, Arabian and Caspian Seas, and the Persian Gulf. However, the phrase was used earlier in history in reference to a different collection of water bodies. Modern variations have also been created to give a greater…
-
Fusiliers Cycling Challenge
A friend of mine recently joined the army and is soon to be sent to Afghanistan with his regiment. Before he goes, he and some of his colleagues are undertaking a cycling challenge to raise money for the Fusiliers Aid Society. In anticipation of our forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan in early 2013, the Royal Regiment…
-
How to Get to the North Pole – Now Available on Kindle
My book, How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures, is now available as an Amazon Kindle ebook. I don’t have any control over the price but it is currently going for £4.99. They seem to have done a good job of transferring all the maps, diagrams and illustrations into the electronic format. Otherwise,…
-
Round-the-World Record Breakers
For the How To Cycle Around The World chapter of my book, I contacted some of the world record breakers for their advice to aspiring cyclists. I also had a few other long-term-cyclist contributors too. The list of who features is below. Round-the-World Cyclists Mark Beaumont Mark’s record attempt was made into a BBC documentary…
-
Human Powered Circumnavigations
There is some debate in the adventure world about the technical definition of what constitutes a circumnavigation of the globe. However, keeping the finer details to one side for a moment, here are some adventurers who have completed human powered round-the-world expeditions of varying sorts: [divide] [box type=”note” bg=”#ebebeb” color=”#111″ font=”arial” fontsize=”13″ border=”#a6a6a6″ head=”How To…
-
+1 to Win a Free Book
I have two more copies of my book to give away. After the success of last month’s Twitter draw, I am running another one-click competition. How to Enter All you need to do is “+1” my website on Google Plus. It’s much the same as clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook. There’s a big button below or you…
-
Has anyone been to the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility?
Jim McNeil is a polar explorer with 26 years’ experience of Arctic travel. Here he shares some information about the elusive Northern Pole of Inaccessibility, also known as the Arctic Pole. UPDATE: Download a copy of my new ebook How To Get To The North Pole now >> [divide] Where is the Northern Pole…
-
What Actually Happens When a Boat Gets Caught in a Storm?
What actually happens when a boat gets caught in a storm? Well, the threat comes from one or more of the following: High winds and/or large waves catch you side-on and knock you over. You surf down a wave so fast that you bury your bow in the next one and pitch pole (cartwheel). Wind…
-
An Impressive List of Polar People
The list of experienced polar explorers/adventurers/expeditioners who were kind enough to contribute advice or stories to my book really makes me smile to read through. These people feature in the North and South Pole chapters: Pen Hadow – The first Briton to reach the North Pole solo and unassisted from Canada Jim McNeil – Jim is a polar explorer…