Tag: Tim’s Books

  • No Plans for a While

    Just a quick note to let you know that, due to “health reasons”, I won’t be planning any more projects for a while. That includes finishing our cycle from the Scilly to Shetland Isles and swimming the Thames. Hopefully I’ll be back soon. The blog will continue as normal. In other more exciting news: The…

  • North vs South: Differences between the Arctic and Antarctica

    Expeditions to the North and South Poles have a lot in common and it can be easy to assume that they are both pretty much the same – cold and white. However, they are very different in a number of ways. Below are some of them. [divide] [box type=”note” bg=”#ebebeb” color=”#111″ font=”arial” fontsize=”13″ border=”#a6a6a6″ head=”How…

  • Where Do You Sleep on an Ocean Rowing Boat?

    Whenever I told people that a recent client of mine, Sarah Outen, had rowed a boat from Australia to Mauritius, the most common source of beffudlement was where you sleep on an ocean rowing boat. This was usually followed by some curiosity about how such a tiny boat would survive out at sea. Below are…

  • The Youngest Person to Sail Solo Round the World

    Recent years have seen a spate of young sailors taking to the waves in an attempt to become the youngest person to complete a solo and unsupported circumnavigation. There are debates about which journeys were made entirely unsupported and those which were non-stop but below are some of the sailors included in the lists: [divide]…

  • Advice for Climbing at Altitude

    Walking and climbing on high mountains brings additional risks from the lack of oxygen in the air. Below I have given a very brief description of Altitude Mountain Sickness (AMS) and some basic advice for acclimatisation. [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 Constitutes Cycling Around the World?

    The first record of someone pedalling around the world is Englishman Thomas Stevens’ 13,000 mile journey by Penny Farthing in 1884 carrying little more than a spare shirt, a change of socks and a pistol. Much has changed since then – in particular there is less need for firearm – but the essence remains much…

  • 10 Tips for a North Pole Expedition

    While researching my book, I contacted lots of different explorers and adventurers and asked them to contribute a top tip in their given field. It was impossible to include all of them in the book however so I will publish some of the extra ones on this website. These ten tips come from Charlie Paton…

  • Where is the North Pole?

    The North Pole does not lie on a land mass but in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. For the most part, it is frozen over and hence, at the right time of year, it is possible to travel there on foot, ski, dog sled or similar. The question of its location is slightly more…

  • Desert Advisors

    I didn’t write the entire contents of my book all on my own. I had help. Here are the great people who assisted me with the chapter on How To Cross A Desert: Charles Foster Charles Foster is a traveller, author, barrister, and a Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. Much of his…

  • How Much Water Do You Need to Drink in a Desert?

    It may be surprising to learn that desert travellers often live for many weeks and months at a time, working hard in hot conditions with only a few litres of water each day. Conventional wisdom may dictate drinking many times more (up to ten litres in some instances) for that level of exertion in those…

  • Writing a Book is Like Revising for Finals

    I need to submit my book to the publishers by Christmas. The majority of the content is down already and has been for some time. Unfortunately, it’s the remaining 10% and the subsequent polishing which seems to be taking the most time. I am working on little else at present and it reminds me of…

  • How To: Get to the North Pole

    This article was first published in 2010. It has since been used by tens of thousands and made into a full book. [divide] How to Get to the North Pole ebook [one_third] [/one_third] [two_third_last] “The perfect resource” – Bear Grylls “An excellent book” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes “The bible for polar planning” – Conrad Dickinson,…