Alastair Humphreys adventure-hopped for a decade, starting with a four-year round-the-world bicycle trip after college. From there, the British author, blogger and motivational speaker traversed ...
The idea of a microadventure is not to fit into a planned route, but to create your own escape. Whether it’s a quick swim in a wild river or an overnight bivvy camp on your local hill, there are ...
“A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap,” says British author and adventurer Alastair Humphreys, who coined the term back in 2015. The appeal, he adds, “is that they make ...
My pack is light. I am wearing almost all the clothes I will need for the whole day. My lunch is packed and water bottles are full. Everything I need is on my back and my phone is switched off to ...
When Alastair Humphreys leaves an “out of office” note, it’s for real. But these days, the Briton – who once left his parents’ house and came back four years later after cycling around the world – is ...
Alastair Humphreys has nothing against big adventures – he’s cycled around the world, rowed across the Atlantic and pulled a glorified shopping cart for 1,000 miles across the Rub’ al Khali desert on ...
It’s one of the warmest – and driest – Septembers in decades so make the most of it and plan a microadventure in the UK. Here are our tips for some late-summer fun Just because summer’s over, don’t ...
When Alastair Humphreys leaves an “out of office” note, it’s for real. But these days, the Briton – who once left his parents’ house and came back four years later after cycling around the world – is ...