Alastair Humphreys » Lists

I always enjoy receiving Lev Parikian’s Six Things newsletter. So I was very happy to be offered the chance to write a guest post for him. Here, then, are six things that interest me… Most of...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/six-things/

  Give yourself more planning time than you think you need. But also commit to a start date and understand that not everything will be ready by that point. It never has been, nor ever will be! T...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/ten-top-adventure-travel-tips/

A few of the extremes of cycling round the world. Longest day: 150 miles, Peru Shortest day: 2 miles, a Chinese snowdrift Highest point: 4,900m, Peru and Argentina Lowest point: -392m, the Dead S...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/a-list-of-%CB%9C-ests/

The appeal of microadventures is that they make adventure accessible to people who may have very little outdoor experience. I hope that this page will answer most of the common questions I get as...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/microadventure-faqs/

I get a lot of emails from people asking "how to get into a career of adventure". The post Advice for Aspiring Adventurers appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

https://alastairhumphreys.com/advice-for-aspiring-adventurers/

Give yourself more planning time than you think you need. But also commit to a start date and understand that not everything will be ready by that point. It never has been, nor ever will be! The ...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/adventure-travel-tips/

Book suggestions to give you ideas for a microadventure of your own  ‘¢       39 Steps ‘¢       As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (the first part of it, in England) ‘¢     �...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/books-inspire-microadventure/

The appeal of microadventures is that they make adventure accessible to people who may have very little outdoor experience. I hope that this page will answer most of the common questions I get as...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/microadventure/

Earlier in the year I wrote a blog post recommending some good books I’d read in Coronavirus Lockdown Purgatory. As 2020 winds down (and never before have I wished away time), I’ve been readi...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/some-good-books-i-read-during-lockdown-2/

If you’re looking for ideas of books to give as gifts (perhaps after sneakily reading it yourself first), here are my recommendations for 2019. I read a lot of books and so I’m confident thes...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/my-books-of-the-year-2019/

Some suggestions (in no particular order!) What have I forgotten / got wrong? Please share your suggestions in the comments. Make sure your Instagram handle and Twitter handle are the same Give s...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/how-to-use-instagram-well/

To mark the imminent publication of my new book for children (‘Great Adventurers‘), I have put together a selection of books for children that I think are excellent for encouraging a love of...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/young-adventurers-a-reading-list-for-children/

It was reading books that originally got me excited about travel and adventure. Over the last couple of years, I have enjoyed re-reading many of the stories that set me off on my own adventures. ...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/great-adventurers-a-reading-list/

Tim Ferriss had an excellent idea of asking a bunch of people who inspired him the same 11 practical questions and making the answers into a book. I’mm quite sure Tim couldn’t care two hoots ...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/11-questions-pinched-tim-ferriss/

People often ask me for advice about that scariest of adventures: speaking in public. I recently enjoyed spending a couple of days at a wonderful conference. I gave my own talk, but what I really...

https://alastairhumphreys.com/advice-speaking-public-audience-member/