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A selected list of barriers, taken from readers of my Instagram account (@al_humphreys) I began by asking this question: View this post on Instagram I am interested to find out what might be stop...

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Please will you help me decide which book to write next? The post What Book Shall I Write Next? appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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Experienced adventurers share their experiences of travelling solo or in a pair. The post Travelling Alone or With a Friend appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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A simple, but oh-so-difficult question today… What were the greatest adventuring / expedition accomplishments of the past year? I’md like to help spread the word about impressive achievements...

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A quick request on Twitter and Facebook came up with some real gems. The post What is the Most Beautiful Scottish Mountain? appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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A reader poll to gather a range of opinions on the best expedition sleeping bags. The post What is the Best Expedition Sleeping Bag? appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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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 ...

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A list, voted for on Facebook and Twitter, of some of the best movies of all time. The post The Greatest Cycling Movies of All Time appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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I have finally made it to the end of the bookshelf that holds all my unread books. This is great news: it means that I have an excuse to buy more books and begin a new swathe of reading. So Th...

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One of my most popular blog posts was when I asked you what books you were reading at the moment. Today I thought I’md canvas your opinion again. All I’mm asking you to do is to copy and past...

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Every year I make New Year’s Resolutions. At the end of the year I look back to see how many of them I have managed to stick to. I rarely manage to keep them up all year (although last year ...

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This month I asked you to choose which character traits you valued most in expedition partners. The Top 5 traits you valued were: Sense of Humour – 33% Honesty -15% Willingness to Learn – 15%...

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On a recent TV interview Sir Ranulph Fiennes continued his outrageous racist discrimination against people from Yorkshire by daring to suggest that they were not good people to take on expedition...

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A few weeks ago I ran a poll on this site in response to Mark Beaumont bypassing Colombia on his ride down the Americas. I loved cycling through Colombia and I thought it a real shame that the He...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/results-mark-beaumont-dilemma-poll/

My friend Mark Beaumont announced yesterday on Twitter that his journey down the Americas will now bypass Colombia. He’s going to take a boat from Panama to Ecuador. (I took a yacht from Colomb...

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