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Sarah Outen – Rowing, Kayaking, Cycling Round The World There's no hurdles to stop people having adventures, apart from being dead really....
Find a Really Crap Car and Head East! Driving to Mongolia in a £150 car. #Adventure1000...
Tom Allen – Cycling, Film-making, Sponsor-seeking I was interested in exploring countries, meeting people, exploring cultures, and I wanted as much versatility in my means of transport as possible. #Adventure1000...
Camera Equipment for Filming “Into The Empty Quarter” Filming Into The Empty Quarter posed several equipment challenges. I hope that outlining our kit will be helpful for anyone planning to film an expedition of their own. Most expeditions filmed for television take a different approach. They have big […]...
desert oman cart moon A Bit of Background to “Into The Empty Quarter” We could not afford camels, had no idea how to drive one, and found them quite scary anyway. So instead we would be human camels, hauling a homemade cart filled with supplies for 1000 miles across the Empty Quarter....
WOMAN NEEDED No, not a Lonely Heart ad from me, but something far more appealing - the chance to row across the Atlantic. ...
Interview with Out Dare Adventures I recently gave this interview to Out Dare Adventures. Here are a few of the questions, or you can read the whole piece here.  Q: Did you ever drink and party and live the ‘student life’? A: Yes definitely, I was a […]...
Public New Year Resolutions declarations of intent from readers of my blog....
To Keep Quiet or to Tell the World…? On the "emerging trend for beardy adventurers whose main skill lies in self promotion and blagging free stuff"....
How to get Started in Expeditions Be patient. Be impatient....
Do It Like Nobody’s Watching The rest will come....
Promoting Yourself on Social Media: Lessons Learned Vote for me! I don't know you, but please love me......
Lessons I Learned from Heavy Metal If you're not famous are you a failure?...
The Rules of My Expeditions If I begin to think that I am amazing, chances are that other people will start to think I am a prat....
In Brief A list of interesting nuggets worth sharing....
You May Never Win the Lottery Would you do what you do even if nobody ever found out? Even if you didn't get fame and recognition?...
Remembering last year: Anne Mustoe, Round the World Cyclist Here’s a couple of nuggets from the blog this time last year: Remembering Anne Mustoe, Round the World Cyclist Photo Friday – Above the Clouds Get rid of 10 things Bicycle Porn – 20 pictures of bikes 15 tips towards […]...
Night of Adventure 2 – thanks to the speakers 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. […]...
Sponsors You may be a company linked to exciting travel ideas. You may be a business that has nothing to do with expeditions or travel but are interested in reaching a wider audience within the ABC1 demographic. Or you may be […]...
Ben Saunders – North Pole 2010 I am really delighted to announce that Ben is off to the Arctic again next week. His plan is another attempt on the solo North Pole speed record. It has been a frantic race against time to secure the necessary […]...
Take the long and winding road This month’s guest blog comes from Dan Harrison. Dan was a normal bloke with a normal job and normal life. Then he decided to cycle to Africa… “About this time two years ago I glanced out of the window on […]...
I lived a full life and one that was my own choice Go as a pilgrim and seek out danger far from the comfort and the well lit avenues of life. Pit your every soul against the unknown and seek stimulation in the comfort of the brave. Experience cold, hunger, heat and […]...
10 Tips for getting your project off the ground “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: That the moment one […]...
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 […]...
What is exploration? What is exploration, Benedict Allen style? “In a nutshell, it’s about leaving things at home! Your GPS, satellite phone, modern transport, sponsorship and companions – all these things may well be useful, but they each get in the way. They […]...
Map of all the countries I have visited At times, when the search for sponsorship for Antarctica gets me down a bit, I turn my mind to daydreaming of easier, cheaper journeys. Last week I explained why I now need to find myself a new project for the […]...
A bit of a catch-up on our South Pole plans It’s been a while since I last wrote about our South Pole plans. Almost a whole year has gone by since Andy, Ben and I postponed SOUTH for a year. During that year the financial world has gone into meltdown. […]...
Photo Friday: English summer swimming I’mve high-jacked this week’s Photo Friday as I enjoyed yesterday’s dip in a Hampshire trout stream so much. I was cycling back to a station after a hot talk in a school. My smart clothes were tight and uncomfortable and […]...
Today we are half way through the year… Today we are half way through 2009. That’s an amazing -and alarming- fact if, like me, you feel the year has only just begun. So, how has 2009 been for you so far? How has it treated you? And how […]...
Reminding myself that expeditions should be fun I find that sometimes I forget about the fun and excitement of expeditions behind the miasma of corporate sponsorship speak, the gloom of the credit crunch and days, weeks, months behind the computer screen. So I thought I would add […]...

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