Category Archives: Speaking

08
Dec
2011

An Evening of Endurance

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Posted in Charity, Speaking
On the evening of 2 February 2012, a collection of adventurers will assemble, at the Royal Geographic Society to take part in “An Evening of Endurance”. Each adventurer will entertain the audience for 15-20 minutes with their individual tales from epic journeys undertaken over mountains, oceans, deserts, ice caps and the world’s longest rivers. The [...]

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31
Oct
2011

Tips for Speaking in Schools

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Here's a few tips learned from giving talks at over 500 schools.
20
May
2011

Packrafting Iceland Pecha Kucha

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Posted in Best Bits, Charity, Iceland, Motivation, Packraft, slideshows, Speaking, Travel
20 slides and 400 seconds to explain my expedition across Iceland. You don't necessarily need skill, money or talent...
28
Mar
2011

Scottish Night of Adventure

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Posted in Charity, Pecha Kucha, Speaking
The fourth Night of Adventure speaking event in support of Hope and Homes for Children will be held in Edinburgh on June 13th. There’s some great Scottish speakers involved already, including: Mark Beaumont Andrew Murray Pete Rhodes Simon Varwell Don Lennox (if he gets back from running across the USA in time) George Bullard Jamie [...]

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16
Feb
2011

Summer Adventure Festivals

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Here are two festivals this summer that look like a lot of fun and definitely worth going to… I’m delighted to be speaking at both of them. The Adventure Travel Film Festival takes place from Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th June 2011 at Knapp House, Churchill Way, Bideford, Devon. Here’s their trailer: This May (7th/8th) [...]

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01
Feb
2011

Lessons on Starting Something You Love

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Posted in Motivation, Speaking
Last week I spoke at an event called Start Something You Love. Following the event the organisers, Rob and Dom, have summarised what advice they picked up from each speaker. Apologies for including my own ‘advice’. It seemed vain to do so and obfuscatory not to. Anyway… So… here they are… a few things Esc [...]

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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. DON’T MISS A THING – FREE MONTHLY UPDATE BY EMAIL: Have you read Alastair’s books? Also available for Kindle, iPad and children.
26
Jun
2010

Speaking event in Bristol

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Posted in Cycling, Speaking
On August 7th, I will be talking at Cyclescreen - Bristol’s first dedicated bike film festival. Tickets are available from the Box Office on 0117 927 5100.
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). [...]

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08
Apr
2010

Make a living doing what you love

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Posted in Speaking, Writing
I recently gave this interview to journalist Alexis Grant. You talk about making a living doing what you love. How have you managed to do that? The key thing is to do what you love and do something interesting. Worry about the money-making afterward. I have managed to make a living out of traveling by: [...]

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20
Mar
2010

How much money is your time worth?

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Posted in Ramblings, Speaking
“I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.” - WH Henley I have just been offered more money than ever before to give one single talk. I am flattered. I need the cash. It would be great for my speaking profile. But the date of the event is right in the middle of [...]

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18
Jan
2010

Self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable

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Posted in Best Bits, Motivation, Speaking
I love dipping into the TED archives now and then when I feel I need to tighten up my own work as a speaker. Yesterday I listened to a basketball coach, John Wooden, talking about his definition of true success. He describes it as: peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made [...]

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03
Dec
2009

A Night of Adventure

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Posted in Charity, Expeditions, Speaking
Following my visit to the work of Hope and Homes for Children in Sierra Leone I decided to arrange a fund-raising event. The “Night of Adventure” was a great success and there are calls for a repeat sometime soon. I hope you will come along. If you would like to be informed when the next [...]

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14
Nov
2009

“Adventure means living the life you have always imagined”

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Oxford University Exploration Club Presents: Alastair Humphreys speaking on “Adventure means living the life you have always imagined” Monday 16th November Oxford Union 6pm Admission: Free to university members, £2 to non university members Wine and conversation to follow talk. Signed books for sale. Please do come along! I am really excited to be speaking [...]

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29
Oct
2009

Podcast about travel writing

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Posted in Books, Speaking, Writing
A while back I was interviewed for the Creative Penn website, an invaluable resource for aspiring and beginning authors. It was an interesting chat and we covered plenty of ground, including, “# Learning how to write by reading and just getting on with it # Writing a diary on the road and then turning it [...]

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24
Sep
2009

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

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Posted in Best Bits, Humour, Ramblings, Speaking
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 [...]

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01
Sep
2009

Speaking at Howies’ Do Lectures

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Posted in Speaking, Travel
I’m excited to be speaking this week at the Do Lectures. The simple premise is that speakers come along to talk about what they Do. It’s set me wondering what do I actually Do?! And what do I want to Do. Which, I guess, is the idea of the Do Lectures. To encourage us to Do [...]

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18
Aug
2009

Showcasing speakers from the Do Lectures

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Posted in Motivation, Speaking
“The Do Lectures. The idea is a simple one. That people who Do things, can inspire the rest of us to go and Do things too. So each year, a set of people get up on stage and tell us what they Do. They can be small Do’s or big Do’s or just plain amazing, [...]

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18
Jun
2009

Speaking at the Grassington Festival

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I have just been putting together my slides for the talk I am giving at the Grassington Festival in Yorkshire on Sunday June 28th 2009 at 8pm. As well as being one of the most beautiful areas in England, Grassington has built a reputation for hosting one of northern England’s best festivals. I’m chuffed to [...]

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13
Mar
2009

Frequently Asked Questions

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Posted in Cycling, RoundTheWorldByBike, Speaking
The questions I was asked most frequently in the 14 talks I gave for Sustrans this week: How many punctures did you get? Did you get sick? How did you go to the toilet? How did you take the photos? Did your bum hurt? Would you do it again? What was your favourite country? What [...]

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