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Travel light, live cheap Really light. My suggestions are based on two key points:...

A 5-to-9 Microadventure One day like this a month'd see me right....

My Ten Most Interesting Photos I really enjoy photography and am starting to build up a nice range of different images....

10 Top Tips for Travelling Light 1. Ask whether you actually need to travel super-light at all. If shedding a few pounds is going to cost a lot of pounds I prefer just to have a slightly heavier pack and regard it as extra training. 2. […]...

Tips for your first Packrafting trip UPDATE: read about my greatest packrafting adventure across Iceland here. My favourite purchase of the last few years has definitely been my packraft. I love it for many reasons which I will outline below. But I also love it because almost […]...

The Gentle Art of Tramping The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham is an absolute gem of a book. Dating back to 1927 it is a fabulous How-To guide to becoming a wanderer, a vagrant, a hobo. Chapters covering kit selection blend with others […]...

How to Take Good Photographs Although I am not a professional photographer and still consider myself very much a learner, I thought that I may be in a good position to help....

What is the Best Expedition Sleeping Bag? A reader poll to gather a range of opinions on the best expedition sleeping bags....

What is the Best Single Person Tent? I’mm looking to get a new one-man tent – the £40 one I lived in for a year as I cycled across Asia is due a graceful retirement. Last year I asked what was the best expedition backpack. The feedback […]...

Reflections after coming home Guest blog: To inspire others is one of the most gratifying sensations I have had on this journey. So let me close in this spirit, by reminding you that you, too, can dream it, plan it, do it!...

Sea Kayaking microadventure I paddle hard as the wave catches hold of my sea kayak and sweeps me up onto the beach. My friends James and Rich swoosh alongside. We are the only people on the beach. In our red, yellow and blue […]...

The Men Who Don't Fit In He’s a rolling stone, and it’s bred in the bone, he’s a man who won’t fit in… The Men Who Don’t Fit In – Robert W. Service There’s a race of men that don’t fit in, A race that can’t […]...

Microadventure Inspiration A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding. As the world’s population becomes increasingly urbanised, busy, and stuck in front of a screen, microadventures offer a realistic escape to wilderness, […]...

List of good surf destinations close to London Twitter is an excellent tool for getting rapid answers. Almost instantly you receive answers and opinions from a broad range of people, such as here when I asked for recommendations for surfing spots close to London. Twitter is mostly used […]...

Alastair Humphreys: high net worth individual An insurance company has just refused to insure where I live. They explained that this was because they deemed me to be a “high net worth individual“. I found this extremely amusing! Filling out their form I had listed my […]...

Running the London Underground Tim Moss has just run the length of all London’s Tube lines. WHY?! Here is the answer, in his own words… Why run the Tube? / If not with words When I tell people that my girlfriend and I have […]...

Iceland: into the high lands “If you go far, far away,” the child said, holding his mother’s hand, “can you get everything you want?” “Yes, my darling,” she said wearily. “And be whatever you’d like to be?” “Yes,” she answered. – Halldor Laxness, ‘Independent People’ […]...

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....

Guest Blog: round the world cyclist and hitch-hiker Like most decisions of great consequence, I happened upon the route for Cycling The 6 in a pub garden, beer in one hand, mini-Atlas in the other. The plan hatched was to travel the length of six continents, all by […]...

What is the best expedition backpack? During my preparation for next month’s expedition to Iceland I did a lot of research into what was the best large pack out there. Here are some of the good ones I found. Dana Design Astralplane Gregory Denali Pro, Gregory […]...

Arctic Pilots Integral to all Arctic expeditions are the brave, skilled, humble pilots who drop off and collect most teams from the sea ice. Here is a very short interview I snatched with Troy while he was loading up the plane....

How to build an igloo A short video I made about building an igloo in the Arctic....

Arctic Photography I spent six weeks in the Canadian Arctic on an Ice Base on the frozen Arctic Ocean at 78 degrees north (at the spot often referred to in polar races as ‘The North Pole’, though in fact it was the […]...

Arctic Experiences – Martin Hartley Photographer and Arctic explorer Martin Hartley shares his adventures in 400 seconds....

Guest Blog: ultramarathon photographer Mark Gillett I met Mark Gillett during the Marathon des Sables. We became friends and he has since helped me with lots of advice for my photography. I asked him to share some of his expertise with us all. But first the […]...

Advice on packing light for expeditions In this guest post Phil Turner, an ultralight backpacking specialist, shakes his head, tutts, and slaps my wrist for persisting with old, heavy, cheap kit! “I’mve been corresponding with Alastair for a while now regarding his gear choices for his […]...

Review of hammocks Here jungle expedition leader and trainer Dom Hall from Fieldskills runs through his favourite hammocks for jungle camping: If you are camping in the rainforest there’s really only one way to do it – in a hammock. Hammocks are airy […]...

Kate Silverton and Phil Packer climb the Three Peaks for Sport Relief “Terror on the slopes of death” read one paper’s headline. The climb was nowhere near as bad as described by the Daily Mail, but then again few things are. Typical March weather swept over Ben Nevis and conditions deteriorated. We […]...

A Short Walk through India I had never heard of the Kaveri River until I decided to walk across India. I could only squeeze a 6-week trip into my calendar so I cast my eye southwards down India’s triangular shape until I reached a latitude […]...

Microadventures A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding. As the world’s population becomes increasingly urbanised, busy, and stuck in front of a screen, microadventures offer a realistic escape to […]...

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