Tag: Expert Top Tips
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10 Tips for Making a Living out of Expeditions
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…
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10 Tips For Your First Paddling Expedition
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,…
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10 Tips For Your First Ocean Rowing Expedition
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…
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10 Tips For Your First Off-Road Cycling Expedition
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…
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10 Tips For Your First Swimming Expedition
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…
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10 Tips For Your First Big Bicycle Expedition
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…
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10 Tips For Your First Desert Expedition
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.…
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10 Tips For Your First Polar Expedition
This article is written by Helen Turton who has skied across Greenland and been to both Poles on more than one occasion. We’ve worked together on quite a few trips, most recently the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, and she has been a constant source of information for me on all things polar. She thus seemed…
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10 tips for anyone planning an expedition – Guest Blog: Lynn Morris
I got an email out of the blue the other day from an expedition I’d heard about some time ago: Atlantic Rising. They were awarded the Land Rover ‘Go Beyond’ Bursary for their very cool idea to travel around the Atlantic Ocean overland along the one metre contour line. This is predicted to be the…