Alastair Humphreys
British adventurer and author who cycled around the world and popularised the idea of microadventures close to home.
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The essence of adventure is to seek out what scares you and risk uncertainty and failure.
Their wordsThe essence of adventure is to seek out that which scares you and to risk uncertainty and failure.
↗My Midsummer Morningalastairhumphreys.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsDeclare and embrace your vulnerabilities and they cease to be weaknesses.
↗My Midsummer Morningalastairhumphreys.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Adventure has a strange hierarchy in which a short expedition feels less valid than a longer one.
Their wordsThere is a strange hierarchy in adventure. A short expedition somehow feels less impressive, less valid, less interesting than a longer one.
↗The Roads We Takealastairhumphreys.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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An expedition can give an adventurer a powerful sense of meaning and motivation for years.
Their wordsAn expedition can give an adventurer a powerful sense of meaning and motivation for years, even decades.
↗The Roads We Takealastairhumphreys.com 2nd of 2 in this piece