Adventure Travel Blogs

Wednesday 22nd June, 2001

"Never doubt the ability of a few committed people to change the world, in fact it's the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

Play safe, play 4-4-2 and you are unlikely ever to taste the heady polar elixir that tantalises those who venture this far North. Play 4-5-1, and gamble and you at least give yourself a chance of touching the elusive grail.

Gambles like our sea change on day three are ...

Tuesday, 21st June, 2011
Northwest Spitsbergen

"This grand show is eternal.  It is always sunrise somewhere. The dew is never dry all at once, a shower is forever falling. Vapour is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and glowing, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn as the earth rolls. And for this I am forever grateful to be alive."

John Muir

More balmy, bounteous benevolence was b...

I've just been out to check conditions on the first day of the trip from St Gingolph on the shores of Lac Leman to Chapelle d'Abondance in the heart of the Savoie Alps.  It was a beautiful day with stunning views back to the Lake as I climbed steeply to the first Col.  The flowers were fantastic, the cows strolled through the meadows and the cold drink at the Refuge de Bise was just what I needed after a long climb.  I climbed on towards the Passe de la Bosse and was rewarded by views of the ...

I've just got back from a fantastic trip to Jordan. We slept under the stars in Wadi Rum with the full moon casting a beautiful light over the monolithic rocks. As we sat smoking the shisha pipe, we discussed politics and religion in the Middle East while we sat in peaceful surroundings, soaking up the atmosphere as well as the apple flavoured hubbly bubbly.

It's very sad that Jordan has suffered as a result of the neighbouring countries turbulence as it's a very peaceful and wester...

Monday 20th June, 2011 Bellsund

"There are two kinds of men in the world, those that stay at home and those that do not. Of the two, the latter are by far the most interesting."

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