Category Archives: Pecha Kucha

27
Aug
2010

PK Friday: cycling slowly round the coast of Britain

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Howies designer and cycling enthusiast Nick Hand set off to cycle slowly round Britain. Along the way he met artisans and interviewed them, making lovely presentations on his website. Here he explains his journey:
20
Aug
2010

PK Friday: Female Expedition to the South Pole

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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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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.
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.
30
Jul
2010

PK Friday: the terrifying sport of cave diving

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Listen to Chris Jewell explaining the thrills and techniques of exploring underground cave systems.
16
Jul
2010

PK Friday: Mark Kalch rafts the Amazon

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Listen to this short but entertaining account of an epic journey.
09
Jul
2010

PK Friday: Tarquin Cooper skis 1000km with the Royal Marines

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Listen to the Daily Telegraph’s Adventure correspondent describe his latest expedition. The format is the same as usual: 20 slides that scroll automatically after 20 seconds.
18
May
2010

Night of Adventure 2 – thanks to the speakers

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions, Pecha Kucha, Speaking
Last night was the second Night of Adventure, a fundraising event for Hope and Homes for Children. Fifteen speakers kindly gave up their time to present to an audience of 400 people at the Vue cinema in Leicester Square, London. Over the next weeks I will be sharing their talks on this site (like this). For now [...]

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13
May
2010

Pecha Kucha: A Very Long Walk

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The final talk in this series comes from Andy Ward who decided to walk across Europe. Two days later he began.
07
May
2010

Pecha Kucha: In the Footsteps of Shackleton

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Today we hear from Henry Worsley about his expedition in the footsteps of Shackleton.