Monthly Archives: May 2009

30
May
2009

Endless summer

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Dipping into the archives: a few posts I like from this time last year: - The state of the nation - Who am I? What do I want? - Where have all the leaders gone? - Get off your butt
29
May
2009

Photo Friday – Endure

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Posted in Expeditions, Photo Friday, Photography
The first in a new series on this blog of someone else’s inspiring travel, adventure or expedition photo each Friday. (I refuse to call it ‘Foto Friday’, or even ‘Photo Phriday’). Hopefully it will get you in the mood for making the most of your weekend. If you have a Flickr photo that you would like to [...]

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28
May
2009

Phil reaches his Million!

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions
Fantastic news: Phil’s made it to a million quid! Here’s a video about his new project:
28
May
2009

The best part of my day

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Posted in Cycling
I enjoyed this entry on the Howies blog which enthuses over how perfect an English summer can be: even though i love working at howies, the best part of my day is usually the ride home. especially on days like today when the sun is out, but the air is cool enough so you don’t start sweating [...]

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26
May
2009

Top 20 great British adventurers

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Posted in Expeditions, Lists
There was an interesting article in the Telegraph recently of their “top 20 great British adventurers“. List postings are, of course, lazy journalism for days when inspiration has not struck. Having said that I use them myself pretty often (here, here and here for starters)! They serve to titillate or irritate, and to prompt debate [...]

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26
May
2009

Why go on expeditions? (2)

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Posted in Expeditions, Motivation
And here are the answers some others have given to the question “why?” - “Because it’s there” – George Mallory - “To impress girls at parties” – Robert Swann - “To pay the bills” – Ranulph Fiennes - “….realising a dream ….best experience of life ….pushed harder than ever ….more despair than ever ….no-one else will understand ….parts of [...]

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26
May
2009

Mark Beaumont’s new expedition

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Posted in Cycling, Expeditions
This week Mark Beaumont begins his next trip. I met Mark a couple of years ago when he came to a lecture I gave up in Edinburgh. He was researching the route for his own round the world ride. I enjoyed chatting with him and was happy to help him with his plans. He duly broke [...]

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24
May
2009

Discovery is always spine-tingling and hair-raising, and tumescently inspirational

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Posted in Expeditions, Our World, Travel
AA Gill wrote a long piece today about the RGS and its recent debate on whether to resume sending out its own expeditions. That debate may or may not interest you. But what caught my eye were these few paragraphs which resonated with me and are of interest whether or not you care about the [...]

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24
May
2009

Running to test the soul

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Posted in Motivation, Running, Training
24
May
2009

Book give away: Ten Lessons from the Road – chapter 1

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Posted in 10 Lessons
My third book, Ten Lessons from the Road, came out earlier this year. I’m really pleased with it, and I would love people to read it. But I’m realistic about how few people will actually read the book. So I decided to give it away -for free- here on my blog. Hopefully it will reach [...]

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