Category Archives: Expeditions

31
Aug
2010

Iceland: into the high lands

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Posted in Expeditions, Iceland
“If you go far, far away,” the child said, holding his mother’s hand, “can you get everything you want?” “Yes, my darling,” she said wearily. “And be whatever you’d like to be?” “Yes,” she answered. - Halldor Laxness, ‘Independent People’ And the rain fell, and the winds blew and slammed against the tent. Days of rain turned into weeks. The [...]

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24
Aug
2010

Iceland: the expedition begins

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Posted in Expeditions, Iceland, Packraft, Photography
Working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill. Payin’ anything to roll the dice, just one more time… - Journey *** “For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for [...]

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23
Aug
2010

On the new craze of riding round the world as fast as you possibly can.

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Posted in Cycling, Expeditions, RoundTheWorldByBike, Travel
“Ah, it was a fine night, a warm night, a wine-drinking night, a moony night, and a night to hug your girl and talk and spit and be heaven going. This we did” – Jack Kerouac A common question in my talks is “what do you think of Mark Beaumont’s ride?” Last night, to [...]

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21
Aug
2010

Report from Iceland expedition

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Posted in Expeditions, Iceland, Packraft, Photography
Starting next week: blog reports, photography and video from my recent crossing of Iceland. I hope you’ll come back to enjoy them. Here’s a landscape photo of Iceland to start your weekend off.
20
Aug
2010

PK Friday: Female Expedition to the South Pole

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Posted in Expeditions, Pecha Kucha
Felicity Aston recently led an expedition of women from the corners of the British Commonwealth to Antarctica. Here she explains the challenges of taking women who have never seen snow to the South Pole!
13
Aug
2010

PK Friday 13th: Rowing Round the World

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions, Pecha Kucha
Enjoy Olly Hicks describing his various adventures, including running the Marathon des Sables carrying a shovel, his record-breaking slowest ever crossing of the Atlantic, and his audacious recent attempt to row round the world.
10
Aug
2010

Walking the Amazon – an epic journey

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Posted in Expeditions
Ed Stafford and Cho Rivera ran in celebration into the Atlantic Ocean yesterday. Ed had just walked the length of the vast Amazon river, accompanied from Peru by Cho. Ed began his expedition over two years ago. In that time he and his various partners have experienced all of the nightmarish stuff you might imagine jungles [...]

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06
Aug
2010

PK Friday: why do people go on expeditions?

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Posted in Expeditions, MicroAdventure, Pecha Kucha, Speaking, Travel
At the recent Night of Adventure I attempted to explain what lures me on to the next adventure.
19
Jul
2010

Everest mountaineer and dustbin man

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Posted in Expeditions, Our World
I’m going to share a couple of relevant talks from last year’s Do Lectures over the next few weeks while I am away on expedition in Iceland. First up, Paul Deegan:
14
Jul
2010

An Epic Triathlon to the World Cup

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Posted in Expeditions, Guest Blog
Rob Forbes swam, biked and ran from England to South Africa to support England in the 2010 World Cup! I like his style! It is a fantastic expedition well worth checking out. I am also impressed with anyone who completes the Comrades Ultramarathon: it’s been on my ‘To Do’ list for a long time… I asked [...]

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