The Next Challenge

Tag: Guest Blogs

  • 10 Tips For Your First Off-Road Cycling Expedition

    10 Tips For Your First Off-Road Cycling Expedition

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    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…

  • A New Year’s Message from Dave Cornthwaite

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    As regular readers will know, I am part of a small group of adventurous people who take it in turns to write articles for each other as part of an Adventurer’s Blogging Chain. To mark the New Year I’m very pleased to welcome Dave Cornthwaite to my site. Dave has roller skated across Australia, kayaked…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Swimming Expedition

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    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…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Big Bicycle Expedition

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    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…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Desert Expedition

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    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.…

  • What is Trail Rekking?

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    A cross between trail running and trekking, according to my pal Rob Cousins. Here’s a piece he wrote recently for Adventure Travel Magazine about his experiences with a small backpack and a fresh pair of socks somewhere near Annapurna. As you run more and more, your training becomes a little more adventurous.  You’ll go a…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Polar Expedition

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    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…

  • Swiss Alpine Marathon

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    My friend Rob has taught me a lot about running and life in general over the last few years. It’s been a privilege to know him but I am not the only person that benefits from his experience. His latest project has seen him work with some long-distance runners from Nepal and he is about…

  • Three world-beating cyclists

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    Having worked for a couple of years in the Royal Geographical Society, steeped as it is with the rich heritage of great British exploration and frequented still by the modern world’s most exciting expeditioners; and spending so much of time reading and writing about adventurous people and their achievements, it’s easy to become blase about…

  • Do it for yourself (but not on your own) – Guest Blog: Julie Abrams-Humphries

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    There is nothing I enjoy more than “ordinary people” do extraordinary things and thus you can imagine my joy when I came across She Who Dares. They’re a group of women of all ages and abilities who meet up midweek and do cool, adventurous stuff. I contacted Julie, their Chair, and she kindly wrote this…

  • Swimming: The Next Step in Adventure – Guest Blog: Dan Martin

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

     I met Dan Martin in the Lake District last month where I commandeered a motorboat and shipped kit to an island that he swam to and where we cooked up a feast on an open fire and camped out like a real old-fashioned adventure. OK, that’s not strictly true. I think the first time we…

  • The Adventurer’s Blogging Chain

    —

    by

    Tim Moss
    in

    A month or so back I started a chain of guest blogs with some like-minded friends of mine. The idea is that we take it in turns to write articles and share them on each other’s websites. Each of the people involved maintain regular blogs and fit into the broad category of being “adventurers”. So,…