The Next Challenge

Category: Living Adventurously

  • Meet fellow explorers this Thursday

    Meet fellow explorers this Thursday

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    Just a reminder that this Thursday is the second London Explorers event. A chance to meet other adventurous-minded people, get inspired and talk about expeditions. There’s a talk by Jo Ruxton, an award-winning film maker, who’ll be speaking about her documentary Plastic Oceans. Then the bar stays open until late for you to mix with…

  • Slowest, Fast, Perfect – Six of the Best, June 2011

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    Thanks for all of the recommendations for new blogs last month. Hopefully I’ll be able to start introducing you to articles from a wider range of websites over the coming months. Below are some articles from other people’s websites that I have enjoyed reading over the last month and think that you might too. They…

  • Running to the Ocean

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    It is said that in the UK you are never more than 70 miles from the sea. Consider that for a moment. That means that wherever you are reading this now*, you are at most perhaps two hours’ drive from an ocean. Or, if you own a bike, almost certainly within a day’s ride. I…

  • Top 10 Culinary Experiences in Oman

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    One of my favourite things about living in Oman was the food and the experiences associated with eating and drinking there. From high class hotel restaurants (OK, only once) to grim-looking roadside cafes where you can get a table full of curry dishes for the price of a packaged sandwich in the UK. Below are…

  • I Don’t Want to be a Professional Adventurer

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    The aim of The Next Challenge is to encourage people to live more adventurously and facilitate them in doing so. One way in which I strive to achieve this is by writing about my own experiences in the hope that they’ll variously excite, motivate and yes, even inspire others to take action. As such, it…

  • Mississippi Calling

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    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 £1,000,000 for charity by undertaking 25 separate non-motorised journeys of 1000 miles or more. Starting…

  • Expeditions Are No Better Than Offices

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    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 the extreme and an over simplified idealism at best.…

  • What are the best expedition/adventure/life blogs?

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    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 hill was the most popular). I’ve just been flicking through my favourite articles…

  • 7 Things I Learned from Lewis Pugh’s Talk Last Week

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    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 presentation about a great feat but it also set my mind racing…

  • London Explorers, 7th July, with John Wilton-Davies

    London Explorers, 7th July, with John Wilton-Davies

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    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’t make the last one then hopefully I’ll see…

  • Top 10 Adventurous Things To Do In Oman

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    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, sightseeing or an expedition, then below are some of…

  • London Explorers Launch

    London Explorers Launch

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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 see how well Twitter works in spreading news. It would be good to hear feedback from…