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  • 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…

  • The Return of Running the Tube

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    Last year, Laura and I ran the length of every Tube line in London from start to finish. However, many lines on the London Underground have more than one branch which means that there are several sections which we have yet to run. Now that we’re back from a brief hiatus in the Gulf, and…

  • Top 10 Expedition Highs

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    Lying beneath the stars in the Inylchek Valley, my first night out on my first big expedition Cresting the final hill after 18 months’ preparation and 14 hours of cycling, swimming and running, to see a huge crowd gathered outside Thom’s house to mark our arrival Reassembling my bike outside Stansted airport Arrivals to finish the…

  • Like Martin Strel – Thames Diary #3

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    Swimming downstream with the flow of a river is about as close as I’ve ever felt to flying. When your arms glide effortlessly through the cold, clear water, and each time you glance to the side, the bank is moving like the view from a train window. I would recommend it to anybody. Our swims…

  • Sleep in a field, swim in a river – Thames Diary #2

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    I feel a little bad writing this. No matter how amazing an expedition, a daily account is rarely the most riveting way for it to be documented. And with a project like swimming the Thames, you’d be forgiven for thinking that one stretch is much the same as the next. That, however, is one of…

  • Top 10 Expedition Lows

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    Some of my favourite expedition memories are from the lowest points. Here is a list written with the rosy glow of hindsight: Sleeping bolt upright on a 9-inch platform cut into a 45-degree snow slope at 5,000m in the Tian Shan (pictured) The roar of an encroaching sheet of rain whilst camped in a non-waterproof…

  • Expedition Report: Dhofar Mountains Oman

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    In November 2010, I spent a week exploring the Dhofar Mountains of Oman with my girlfriend Laura. We were primarily based in the al Qamar region, close to the Yemen border. We travelled by two-wheel-drive and walked carrying all of our food and water. Basics Location: Al Qamar range, Dhofar Mountains, Southern Oman People: Laura Tomlinson…

  • Tourists and Terrorists

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      A masked man appears in my rear mirror. He’s at the wheel of jeep with a large machine gun pointed in my general direction. The plume of dust in his wake comes directly from the Yemen border. Terrorists. We’d joked about them. Teasing each other that we were in Al-Qaeda heartland. Certainly the dusty…

  • Expedition Report: UCL Kyrgyz Tien-Shan Expedition (2003)

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    Abstract A team of three travelled to the Tien-Shan (Tian-Shan) mountains of Kyrgyzstan, hiking up the Inylchek Valley to establish a base camp on the northern side of the Inylchek Glacier close to Khan Tengri (6,995m). Two unsuccessful attempts were made at the first ascent of Peak Gorky (6,050m). You can view the original report…

  • Offbeat Slideshow – Around the World in 80 Ways

    Offbeat Slideshow – Around the World in 80 Ways

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    I was interviewed for a Offbeat London a few months ago about my Around the World in 80 Ways trip and they put together this wonderful slideshow. Some of the facts are a little fuzzy but that shouldn’t get in the way of a good story. [Video above not displaying? Watch here instead] You can…

  • 10 Things I’m Looking Forward to in the UK

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    This morning I land in the UK. I’ve had a great time in Oman these last few months and there’s a lot about the country that I will miss but I am also excited about moving back to London. Here are ten reasons: The return of the bicycle as my primary means of transport British…

  • Dishdashas and Dates – 10 things I’ll miss about Oman

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    Tonight I fly back to the UK after five wonderful months in Oman. It makes me sad to think of all the things that I will miss about this country. Here are ten of them: Dishdashas – Worn by almost every Omani in Muscat, 90% of them white and invariably combined with a taqiyah Wadis…