Category : Expeditions

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To Run and Fly

Since finding my love for flight, I’ve explored as many facets of this incredible mode of transport from the perspective of paragliding as possible. Free flight, paramotoring, speed flying, speed riding, and mini-wing mountain descents. I love all forms of this sport but this year, I came back to the reason I started flying in

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BLM & The Outdoor Industry: We Need Change

The outdoor industry is systemically racist. It now, more than ever, needs to have a very uncomfortable conversation about why this is so. You may be shocked to see that I, along with the DEFRA 2019 Landscapes Review, have levelled such an accusation toward an industry which provides joy, freedom, and countless benefits to so

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Ben Alder Speed Climbing Attempt

Recently, I’ve been searching for a challenge which would really test me, force me to push a few limits, and take me back a little way to a particular test I’ve dealt with on some Himalayan mountains, namely, self-reliance. To be able to look after yourself in challenging situations is both satisfying and rewarding, but

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Mount Everest 2012 Success

After a rather long gap between the last blog post, and an extended rest following the completion of the Yell Diamond Jubilee Everest 2012 Expedition, I thought it the right time to write a quick blog on the expedition, and what is to follow on from here. I’m not actually going to write a lengthy

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