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A snapshot of a wandering wildman.
Back in the spring I gave a corporate motivational talk in Mallorca. As well as the usual smart clothes and laptop for my presentation, I also packed a bivvy bag. The night of my talk I stayed in a very smart hotel. The next morning I filled my pockets from the breakfast buffet, checked out, [...]
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Life without a Blackberry
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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PK Friday 13th: Rowing Round the World
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.
The art of living
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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Walking the Amazon – an epic journey
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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PK Friday: why do people go on expeditions?
At the recent Night of Adventure I attempted to explain what lures me on to the next adventure.
The fight is won or lost far away
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses…
“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights” – Muhammad Ali
Review of The Treehouse Diaries
Last year I became friends with Nick Weston when I went to stay with him in his treehouse.
Nick did a couple of great talks for me at the charity Nights of Adventure I organised. You can see his 6 minute talk here.
I’ve just finished reading his book and it’s great. I asked him to send [...]
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The Joy of Less
I’ve edited down this superb piece on simple living by Pico Eyer. Read the full New York Times article here.
“The beat of my heart has grown deeper, more active, and yet more peaceful, and it is as if I were all the time storing up inner riches…My [life] is one long sequence of inner [...]
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