Field Journal

Arctic Norway Expedition to the Lyngen Alps Exposed, remote, and unpopulated! These were the requirements for avid cave explorer Ian Peachey The eccentric Peachey only associates a true expedition with something still yet to be explored or achieved. The numerous trips up famous peaks such as the Matterhorn or Everest offer a great test of sporting fitness, however they are now littered with fixed lines and polished rock with almost guaranteed human presence in front...

Adventure News: A Week in Review

Tim Moss, creator of the website The Next Challenge, has set off this week with his wife Laura to cycle to Australia. Fulfilling a pact they made in jest when they first got together, the pair made the daydream into a reality on August 18th when they embarked on this year long adventure. This month has been a busy one for the adventure community. There has been some newcomers to the scene; one named Simon...

Enabling Adventure

Adventurer, film maker & author, Mark Beaumont, has become involved in the new, ambitious social enterprise project – My Million To One – in a bid to enable more adventurers to live their dreams. Mark was first inspired to go on expedition at the age of 12 after reading in a local newspaper about a cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End. For the next decade Mark’s ambitions and experience developed until, after leaving university,...

Adventure News: A Week in Review

Adventurer Leon McCarron has successfully completed the ‘Six Peaks Challenge’ with an added twist by riding a folding bike between each peak. Nineteen days, six climbs featuring Slieve Donard, Carrantoohill, Snowdon , Snaefell , Scafell, Ben Nevis and a 750 mile road to cycle twixt them. One of the top names in the climbing world, Alex Honnold is trying his hand at something new. Later this year he will attempt to free solo a building...

Adventure News: A Week in Review

Unfortunate news from ‘The Coldest Journey‘ has surfaced, the polar crossing attempt has been halted due to severe weather. The science programme is to become the new focus. The 10th Mongol Rally is well underway – 10,000 miles of brilliant mayhem as 600 participants make the journey from London to Ulaanbaatar in some sort of motor vehicle. And with the aid of the National Geographic’s Explorers Grant, Nobody’s River expedition is well under way. The...

Adventure News: Along the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness

On July 18th, Daniel Fox (The Wild Image Project) and his expedition partner Nathaniel Stephens will undertake an 11-day kayak expedition following the pacific coast of the Chichagof Island. The journey will start in Juneau where they will take the ferry to Sitka. From there they intend to voyage north to Hoonah. This 140 mile journey through Alaska’s pristine waters will follow the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness. They will pass south of the Kruzof Island, around...

Adventure News: A Week in Review

Sarah Outen is on Day 71 of her North Pacific Ocean row with just over 3000 miles to go until she reaches Canada. The row is a part of a much bigger adventure christened ‘London to London via the world’ which began in 2011 and will see Sarah cycle, row and kayak a 20,000 mile loop of the planet. Find out more at sarahouten.com Some bad news from the field; ‘The Coldest Journey’ team who...

Adventure News: A Week in Review

Dave Cornthwaite has just completed his 8th Expedition1000 adventure, after riding his ElliptiGO 2000 miles from England to France. He chose to cut short the expedition after picking up a back injury, however with 1000 miles already under his belt he still gets to tick off another item on his list. His partner in crime, GOTrekker Squash Falconer, continues to Paris alone. Meanwhile, Alastair Humphreys’ summer-solstice microadventure challenge blossomed into a big success, when his...

A New Beginning

We’re so pleased to finally be able to bring you the brand new and improved Sidetracked site. As part of our quest to bring you inspiration from some of the most engaging endeavours out there we’ve spent the past few months working on a new site that addresses the feedback and suggestions from our readers. Today sees the launch of Edition 10, and a milestone relaunch of our site. And we’re really rather proud. Alongside...