I’m Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, book writer, and overexcited sender of four newsletters. Nobody needs that many emails from me!

You’re reading Shouting from the Shed. Please check it’s the one that suits you best – or switch to a better fit:

1. Adventure + Purpose – how can those of us who love the wild world do our bit to fix it? Subscribe here for a Saturday read.
2. The Doorstep Mile – helping you live a little bit more adventurously in everyday life. Get it every Monday, here.
3. Ask An Adventurer – how I build a career as a solo creative. Tips every couple of weeks.

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•  If you’re looking for a summer read, I’ve updated my list of good books I’ve read recently.
•  Snapshots of Kids Bike Jumping in the 1970s.
•  Photos show the Vast Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects.
•  A guy from Toronto  spent a year running to draw a cartoon of his route.
•  A nerdy map to explore the geology around you.
•  A nice film about surfing and sailing in Antarctica.
•  Article: Travel turns us into the worst version of ourselves while convincing us that we’re at our best. Discuss… 
•  Can I help you? Let me know if you have a relevant project that my readers would appreciate.

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• CLIMATE: Here are the 14 Biggest Environmental Problems Of 2023 but also six clear, constructive, impactful, doable things we can all do to help the climate and nature this year. If you were in any doubt as to how difficult the actions our politicians need to take, urgently, then try this fabulous online climate game in which you are in charge of global decison making! The good news is that I saved the planet (you’re welcome). The bad news is that I had already destroyed the planet three times before I succeeded (sorry).
• ADVENTURES: Tips for Older Hikers and Backpackers.
• Mountain climber fights off bear! (What an awesome clickbait title: I bet you can’t resist…)
• RANDOM: I really like the different names for months in Poland. See also Japan’s 72 poetic microseasons.
• Which, finally, reminds me of this Japanese man who paints a picture of every meal that he eats.

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Cheers,

Alastair