It’s over seven years since I first tentatively began dabbling with my new idea of “microadventures” on this blog. Over the past winter I’ve been mulling over leaving both microadventures and bigger expeditions behind entirely and moving on to pastures new. …

Blogs like mine are supposed to decry technology and yearn for the good old days of romping in the hills. I like a romp in the hills as much as the next man, but there’s no denying that smartphones and apps play a fantastically useful role in modern life. Here…

• Don’t boast. • Don’t moan. • Don’t talk too much. Listen and learn. • Quality over quantity. • Substance over style. • Don’t feel you have to hide your weaknesses all the time. • Share your expertise generously. • Offer to help more than you ask other people to do things for you. • Admire and emulate…

I have a love-hate relationship with Tim Ferriss. I’ve followed his musings on self-improvement, ‘lifestyle design’, and getting shit done for years. …

Email newsletters are usually annoying. I work hard to make mine as infrequent, interesting and useful as I can. In terms of receiving newsletters, the two I enjoy the most, without fail, are those from The Do Lectures and Hiut Denim (same folk, different hats, mas o menos). I have…

I was longing for an adventure, but money was scarce and I couldn’t see how a bread supply was to be kept up. Or at least, that was my current excuse for not doing something about it. I know that I could, under ordinary circumstances, accumulate wealth and obtain a…

There are many ways to skin a cat; many ways to share your adventure story (about the time you skinned that cat, perhaps). Each one comes with pros and cons. …

One part of my life is about adventure. Another part of my life is about creating stories. And another is about building an online audience, and using this to pay the bills. …

If you attend an adventure film festival, or read a few travel books, or follow any Instagram feeds with inspiring photos overlaid with pithy quotes, then you will have heard people pontificating about the definition of adventure and what the word means to them. Beyond the clichés, however, I find…