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How my Book became an Amazon Bestseller Advice and Tips for boosting your Amazon sales. ...

#31NightsOut I love this idea from Brendan at the ever-inspiring Semi-Rad blog. It’s also a nice boost up from my Year of Microadventure Challenge so I’mm really happy to encourage people to get involved with Brendan’s plan: I don’t do well […]...

Choosing a Life Less Ordinary Once upon a time, I used to dream of adventure. I sat at home, reading books, flicking through magazines, scrolling through blogs, and drooling over places like this: and even this: Trouble is, they are the sort of places that […]...

How to Be a Travel Blogger I began travel blogging 14 years ago. If you are new to travel blogging, I hope that the lessons I have learned will help you....

Advice on Lighting Fires Having a campfire to sit round and tell tall tales whilst you toast marshmallows makes any microadventure more magical. But, perhaps more than for anything else in the world of microadventures, the rules of common sense and courtesy apply about […]...

National Geographic Interview National Geographic interviewed me, as one of their past Adventurers of the Year, on my book Microadventures, my film on crossing the Arabian Peninsula in Wilfred Thesiger’s footsteps, and my challenge, Adventure 1000, encouraging people to save £1,000 to see that living adventurously is more […]...

Progress or Success: how should you Measure your Life? But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another – Galatians If you work for a company you can measure your progression up through the ranks. If you’re […]...

Commit. Leap. Begin. The first time that you begin moving in an unconventional direction is the hardest beginning. You don’t yet have confidence in yourself. There is no roadmap to guide you. It can seem overwhelming. Once you accomplish something and know loads […]...

Ben Saunders Ben Saunders is a pioneering polar explorer and a record-breaking long-distance skier, covering more than 6,000km (3,730 miles) on foot in the polar regions since 2001. Ben’s accomplishments include leading the longest human-powered polar journey in history, a round-trip from […]...

Thoughts on Becoming an Adventurer (and how I Make a Living from Travel) Tips and tricks for turning Adventures into a Career. Alastair Humphreys was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012....

Want to be an Adventurer? Some Well-meant Cold Water for you… People often email me to ask advice on earning a living from adventures. Sometimes they come from young people contemplating adventure instead of higher education, or perhaps dropping out of uni to focus on expeditions. I’mll address that first. Many […]...

Additional Content Additional Content Thank you for taking the time to visit my site – I appreciate it. I really hope that you enjoyed my presentation. I’md love to hear from you if you can suggest ways I could make it better. I send out an email […]...

You’ve Flown in Space. You’ve Climbed Everest. What else is there left to do? An interview with Scott Parazynski about flying in space, climbing Everest, and how to find the time to do great things in your life....

Round the World – Without Flying Travelling round the world without using an aeroplane....

Maternity Leave Cycling Adventure Bike touring. That, until this summer just gone was something that others did (writes Satu Vänskä-Westgarth, of her maternity leave adventure). I had seen those people on their bicycles, with pannier bags filled to the brim on Norwegian roads. I […]...

Cycling to Japan for £1000 I wouldn't change anything about it. It was the most amazing six months of my life. There were difficult bits, but those difficult bits were great, you know? They made the good bits worth it. ...

Dave Cornthwaite There is absolutely no point in spending your life doing something that makes you miserable....

The 4 Phases of an Adventure Cas and Jonesy are a duo of Australian adventurers. They’ve paddled across the Tasman Sea, done an enormous South Pole expedition, and even released a jigsaw of themselves! I caught up with Cas for a chat on Skype for the […]...

I am quite a Wuss but People think I am some kind of Intrepid Explorer. I am truly not. Is it really possible to do a decent adventure for £1000? I asked Kerry to share her story. Alastair: Hi Kerry. Tell us about the Grand Tour and the trip you took. Kerry: The Grand Tour was a […]...

Beat The Clock – a Challenge Autumn is a beautiful time of year. If you bivvy in the woods you'll marvel at the beautiful colours of the leaves. Return to a place you slept in the summer to savour quite how much the place has changed. The sun sets earlier so you'll have more chance to star gaze too....

Mark Beaumont – an interview Mark Beaumont has cycled round the world very quickly and many other adventures. He’s a successful television presenter in Scotland, and a thoughtful voice on chasing adventures. I was delighted to chat to him for Grand Adventures. Alastair: I’mm working on a […]...

September Gathering: Journeys with a Purpose 30 September, 6.30pm. Royal Geographical Society, London. All welcome! If you are planning an expedition, independent travel, or adventures large and small, then this evening event in London should be really helpful and inspiring for you. It’s a pretty simple format: […]...

Man in Suit goes for Swim I spoke at a conference this morning then climbed into my car for the very long and tedious drive home. I joined millions of other people, dressed in suits, bored and disgruntled, trundling homewards in heavy traffic. And then, my […]...

Adventure Saved me from Becoming an Aging, Balding Rocker Jason Lewis is the first person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails: walking, cycling, and inline skating five continents, and kayaking, swimming, rowing, and pedalling a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. Taking thirteen years to complete, the 46,505-mile journey was hailed 'œthe last great first for circumnavigation' by the London Sunday Times. In other words, he's worth listening to if you are interested in adventure yourself......

Break the “This is my dream!” Mentality and Be More Practical The strapline on Pam Mandel’s website reads “a camera, a passport, a ukulele’. I like that. I wanted to ask Pam for her take on adventure as she lives a far more ‘œnormal’ life than many of the other crazy folk […]...

Brendan Leonard I'mve not been in a climbing video, I will never win a race but I love the mountains. I'mm probably a lot like you. It's about enthusiasm for things regular folks can do. It's what can be done with 52 weekends and a few weeks of vacation a year....

Extreme Sleeps and Wild Night Adventures She may be editor of Wanderlust, the UK’s best global travel magazine, but Phoebe Smith knows that some of the best fun can be had in your own backyard which, if you play it right, will cost nothing at all’¦ Phoebe is […]...

Leon McCarron When I set off on my first big adventure, I wanted it to be really long. I wanted it to be indefinitely long because I felt I needed that, and I wanted all the challenges, and I didn't really want to be able to see an end point. I wanted just to keep pushing myself and see what would happen. And I wanted it to be really cheap and miserable. I wanted not to be able to spend much money, and just to force myself into action in all sorts of senses....

Do you Wish you had More Time for Adventure? Do you wish you had more time for adventure? Do you struggle to catch up with friends as often as you’d like? Do you have to be back at work by 9am tomorrow morning? If so, then I made this […]...

Life as an Adventurous Soul in London can be Tough It may seem an odd place for a microadventure, but I'mll argue that's what makes it worthwhile. There is a deep sense of triumph and satisfaction to be had from finding even a modicum of serenity in an area populated by 8.3 million people. For that evening, we did something out of the ordinary. We were naughty little scamps, out late on a school night, without a care in the world....

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