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Kendal 10K Trail Race

Waking up to single figure temperatures and wall to wall sunshine, I knew it was going to be perfect running conditions. However, I still had to go through the usual pre-race ritual of deciding what to wear. Having gone through the options in my head, I crawled out of my sleeping bag, opened the door and stuck my nose out of the van. As I took a breath and the…

Drifting Down The Vindel River

The most suitable word for this year’s expedition was definitely “challenging” In the previous two years, our palette-built recycled raft (named “Melissa”) had mostly drifted and paddled fairly lazily down the Vindel river in the North of Sweden, with only the occasional big rapid or day of heavy rain to push us outside of our comfort zones. This year was quite something else. The water in the river was around…

Craghoppers put to the test: The Inca Trail

After 10 years of dreaming of trekking the Inca Trail and seeing Machu Picchu, It had finally come around! Some friends and I decided to plan and allow our adolescent conversations become reality. We had booked the trip a year in advance which gave us plenty of time to prepare what we will need for the four day hike. Higher up in the mountains, the climate can change very quickly.…

Aberdeen Guyana

[caption id="attachment_4919" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Image credit: The Press and Journal[/caption] A source of ceaseless inspiration, captivating landscapes and raw adventure. “The land of many waters”: Guyana. Over the past two years, we four medical students have relentlessly dedicated all of our passionate efforts (and sparse free time) towards undertaking an ambitious research expedition in the dense jungle region of this small country on the Caribbean coast of South America. And…

Cycling Beyond Berlin

We live in the future. To prove this I only have to say three words: mosquito repellent clothing. My boyfriend, Tom, and I have just started our cycle tour around the world, and countries that are considered to be a high-risk malaria zone are on our itinerary. Needless to say, mosquito protection is very important to us, but we also do not want to carry too much weight, with us…

HSX Cambodia 2016

About HSX HSX, Hampshire Scout Expeditions, is a Hampshire-based Scout group that specialises in running international expeditions for Hampshire Scouts. In order to provide this service the group runs regular outdoor-based training weekends for its members, so that they may gain the necessary skills to lead such expeditions. HSX was founded in 1986, following the success of Clearwater ’85, a National Scout Expedition to Sri Lanka. 30 years on HSX…

Norwegian Wilderness

So the plan I had put together for the three of us in late August was to walk an average of 12 miles a day, covering a circular route which would eventually bring us back to the metro station where we had started from. Kitted out with the Kimba Lite Jacket, Compresslite Jacket and the Kiwi Pro Lite Trousers, I was ready to tackle whatever the Norwegian wilderness was going…

Grand Combin 2015

Grand Combin 2015: Team Leader’s Final Report Four team members, accompanied by our guide and an apprentice guide, started the trek on 28th July at Bourg St Pierre in Switzerland. Unfortunately, our 5th team member was unable to commence the challenge and returned to the UK. The trip consisted of a long distance, 6 day, high altitude mountain trek around the Grand Combin massif in Switzerland and Italy, to raise…

Climate-Hopping in South America

Two Monkeys Travel take Craghoppers climate-hopping in South America! I’m Jon, from Two Monkeys Travel and together with my fiancée Kach, we’ve been living in and travelling around South America for almost a year now, writing about our own and other travellers’ adventures on our website, Two Monkeys Travel. After 6 months of living in Arequipa, a beautiful colonial city built from white volcanic rock in the high altitude desert…

UK Coastal Trek

My name is Adam Short, I'm a long distance walker and adventurer and I set off on my UK Coastal Trek 6600 miles and 506 days ago! I arrived at the Itchen Bridge in Southampton, on Sunday 26th July, thus completing my walk. The journey began in March 2014, the aim being to walk anti-clockwise around the UK, staying as close to the coastline as physically possible, use my inflatable…