Hendri Coetzee is the greatest African explorer you have never heard of. Hendri was a dedicated and passionate African explorer, considered by many to be a legend in his own time. He devoted... Read more
We are very excited to announce the launch of our latest project, a database of long distance cycling journeys. Visit the Database of Long Distance Cycling Journeys This database has two bro... Read more
A couple of years ago, Dan Martin wrote a guest blog on this website predicting that swimming would be the next big thing to hit the expedition world. It often feels as though the world has... Read more
Travelling around the world for a year or more on a bicycle requires some significant travel insurance. Ours has been generously provided by Adventurers Insurance. They provide tailor-made i... Read more
Part of the reason I chose the Russian Altai mountains for a mountaineering expedition in 2009 was that I had never heard of the Altai Mountains before and, it seemed, nor had anyone else I... Read more
…sounds like the name of a dodgy crime fighting duo but they’re ac tually the names of a couple of cool projects. Howard Drakes sent me this email out of the blue which I thought... Read more
Recently, the adventurer Alastair Humphreys has been running a campaign encouraging people to undertake what he calls “microadventures” – little adventures that typically h... Read more
This is an oldie but a goodie (it’s had 30 million views on YouTube). From what I can tell, Danny MacAskill‘s since gone on to be quite a successful sponsored cyclist and made ma... Read more
Cheap restaurants in London. Completely off-topic but finding London’s best cheap eats has been a favourite game of mine for many years (and by cheap I mean ideally dinner for under £5... Read more
My book is called How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures. It has seven chapters, each about a different iconic adventure, and each opening with a wonderful illustration by... Read more
There Are Other Rivers is Alastair Humphreys’ fourth book for adults (he has a fifth book for kids). His first two were an account of cycling around the world and his third, Ten Lesson... Read more
I ran a campaign throughout 2010 encouraging people to undertake a new “Everyday Adventure” each month. Simple stuff like seeing how far you could get on your lunch break, trying... Read more
