Alastair Humphreys Adventurer | Author | Motivational Speaker

Walking a lap of the M25

As soon as the idea formed I knew it would be an adventure. Not a massive adventure. But that was fine. I was not looking for that. I wanted something small. I wanted a micro adventure. I recruited friend and fellow adventurer Ron Lilwall to accompany me, we decided to make a film of our [...]

Wild, wonderful places to sleep

In praise of the humble bivvy bag: some of the stupid (yet wonderfully memorable and uplifting) open air places I have slept.
- On a swimming platform out in the bay in San Sebastian
- On the terraces of Biarritz rugby stadium (a bit of fence climbing required here!)
- In a (new) sewage pipe in Turkey and [...]

War zone road trip

Here is a brilliant clip from my mate’s crazy motorcycle journey – riding through a war zone in Afghanistan. A ride done for the very best of motives: “for the hell of it”.
Warning – if you don’t like swearing, don’t watch this clip. (If you don’t approve of swearing then you probably wouldn’t want to [...]

Beyond the Pole

The last couple of weeks on this blog have become a bit self-helpy, wishy-washy. So it’s time today to get back to the world of expeditions.
One of the deep frustrations with working in this sphere is the choking algae of novelty projects, celebrities grabbing their 10-minutes of manliness and -true story- people emailing to ask [...]

A day in the life of an Author / Adventurer / Motivational Speaker / Big Kid

An insight into my life:
Write India book and eat biscuits on train.

Arrive at speaking venue. Find toilets to get changed in. (Disabled ones are better: bigger and rarely used, therefore nice and clean)

Emerge looking like Bond.

Tuck into free swanky meal at International Business Forum. Exercise restraint on free booze.
Slug back strong black coffee.
Try best to [...]

Very funny video

A very funny video. No message or moral or relevance. It’s not here to encourage you (like this), to point you to some good books to read (not mine!), to introduce you to my guest bloggers or to tempt you to follow me on Twitter. It’s just good, mad fun. Enjoy.

Beard

One of the best things about big expeditions is comedy facial hair (unless you have a horrible ginger beard).
Here’s some fine beard growing, and a cool trip too.

(Well done to Kevin who pipped me to the post with this video!)
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I wish I was an accountant…

I gave an after dinner talk to an accountancy firm this evening. One of the questions at the end still has me chuckling:
“When you were camping at sunset in the Serengeti or cresting an Andean peak in the crisp light of dawn, did you never just think, “I wish [...]

The ultimate Motivational Speech?

Take a Seat

My friend Dom has put together a fantastic trailer for the film about his ride, alone and on a tandem, from Alaska to Patagonia. You can watch it here. One of his older clips is below.