Category Archives: Ramblings

17
Aug
2010

Life without a Blackberry

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I read an interesting blog post last week entitled Life without a Blackberry. The post describes how nobody would want to watch a movie about a fellow who worked very hard his whole life in order to buy a shiny red sports car at the end. It’s a dull plotline, so why do so many [...]

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12
Aug
2010

The art of living

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A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labour and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine [...]

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08
Jul
2010

It’s summer. There’s no excuse not to go wild swimming.

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Posted in Photography, Ramblings
I love wild swimming. You never ever regret a wild swim once you are out and warm. It’s July now. It’s lovely and warm. Time to stop being a wimp and go jump in your local river / lake / ocean. I promise you won’t regret it… Have you been for a wild swim recently? Let’s have some photographic [...]

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20
Jun
2010

Slovenia – England’s nemesis but a great little country…

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England play Slovenia next week to try to remain in the World Cup. Do we have any chance of winning this World Cup…? Anyway, Slovenia is a beautiful little country, and one of my favourite places in Europe. Have a look:
17
Jun
2010

Arctic Pilots

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Posted in Ramblings, Video
Integral to all Arctic expeditions are the brave, skilled, humble pilots who drop off and collect most teams from the sea ice. Here is a very short interview I snatched with Troy while he was loading up the plane.
03
Jun
2010

Every day is a school day

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I am often struck by how many skills I need to learn in this “job”. The era of learning how to light a stove or keep a sleeping bag dry is long gone. Now I am running my own business there are so many new things to get my head around. Accounting, marketing, web design, budgeting, [...]

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02
Jun
2010

What I’m listening to on my iPod

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Posted in Lists, Ramblings
Trying to choose my favourite ten pieces of music is, like choosing favourite books, deliciously impossible. In order to save myself many, many hours of deliberation I decided to look at the 10 most played tracks on my iPod.
20
May
2010

Flying in a fighter jet

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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, —and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of— wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless [...]

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21
Apr
2010

The fine line between foolishness and bravery

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Posted in Expeditions, Ramblings
I recently climbed the Three Peaks with Phil Packer and Kate Silverton. The event proved far more difficult than we had anticipated and at one time we had to discuss whether to give up or continue. It was a fascinating discussion and one relevant to many people who have taken on challenging expeditions. Before I [...]

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13
Apr
2010

Someday, all this will be a memory

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Posted in Cycling, Expeditions, Ramblings, Travel
A piece of writing from long time friends of this blog that completely nails what the last few years of my life have been trying to live up to. Do follow these guys on the last leg of their journey round the world… “Someday, all of this will come to an end; the sleeping rough, chiseled [...]

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