Climbing Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid): My Experience
The infamous rope bridge. Last week I flew to Indonesia, all pumped up and ready to take on the Man...
New Challenge: Climb The Tallest Mountain in Australia (Puncak Jaya)
Photo by Bart Sedgwick It’s barely been a month since I crossed the final finish line of the ‘Toughest...
Marathon des Sables: my experience with the toughest footrace on earth
I found myself in a real funk last year, and not in an upbeat, Bruno Mars, hip-thrusting-in-a-dapper-pink-jacket kind of way...
Travelling to North Korea – 4 days in one of the most isolated nations on earth
It’s 3am, I’ve just arrived back from four days in the notorious Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and all...
Cool and weird things to see and do in Taiwan
My Taiwanese friends, the greatest of hosts. Every time I’ve encountered a Taiwanese person on the road they’ve always been...
New Challenge: Marathon Des Sables, “toughest footrace on earth” (6 Marathons, 6 days in Sahara Desert)
At the start of last year I had to be brutally honest with myself – I’d simply let myself go....
My 2018 in Review: Failures, struggles, successes and how to improve next year
In search of The Big 5 in Akagera National Park, Rwanda. Hello folks! It’s that time of year again when...
Failed (first) attempt at summiting Aconcagua: My Experience
I’m writing this in Mendoza whilst I look out of the aeroplane window, as it rolls over the tarmac and...
4 days in Maldives – when to go and what to know
A vacation in the magnificent Maldives has always been a serious entry for an intense bucket list chaser like myself...
4 days tour in Iraq – beyond Babylon and Baghdad
Back in 2014 I visited a city called Erbil in Kurdistan, Iraq. There wasn’t an awful lot of information on...
