Exactly 12 hours after we leave London, we arrive in Singapore. The intermittent time has been a blur of free sandwiches and watching hundred-million dollar movies on a faded 10 inch LCD display, through one side of my headphones. In an attempt to stave off sleep until it's Australian bedtime (th...
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The time has come. As this post goes live, I will be taking to the skies (in a plane - I've left my cape at home) to fly 10,000 miles in search of adventure. To be honest, it's scary. It's a long way to go and I'm going alone. It is, however, necessary. Sometimes, you realise you have stopp...
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Generally speaking, I don't prepare for things. I prefer to leap at things and see how they, and I, cope with the situation. However, there are certain essential items for any adventure I intend to undertake. So, in an uncharacteristically organised spree, I attempted to buy some things for my fo...
Continue reading ...Months ago, the mighty DAz* of the Happy Ghetto introduced me to this video - of Steve Sunk, aka The Axe Man. (The name alone should give you an indication of how cool this is about to be...) [vimeo height="281" width="500"] http://www.vimeo.com/50351080[/vimeo] In short, this guy rocks. Sen...
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Behold, my friends, an official video of me defending my EWA British Title against Crazy Jonny Jones, otherwise known as 15 of the most painful minutes of my life. [youtube height="360" width="640"]www.youtube.com/watch?v=67h6yp3KO94[/youtube] If you'd like to find out more about this match, p...
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When it comes to keeping up motivation and overcoming adversity, people often express the need to overcome nay-sayers; to prove wrong those people who say you can't achieve whatever you're attempting. There are so many people out there who will tell you "you can't". What you've got to do is turn ar...
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Alas, there is always a downside to fleeing the lands in search of adventure. Last night, at EWA Pro Challenge Wrestling, I lost my British Championship title to Crazy Jonny Jones, after I landed head first on his knees...twice in a row. The first time was from the top rope, when I mistimed a Doo...
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In training for Adventurethon 2013, I decided I needed some help. Some advice. Some (dare I say it) training. You see, no matter what I do to train for my Enduro Adventurethon (14km of open sea kayaking, 21km of mountain biking and 12km of off-road running) I will be totally and utterly unprepare...
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Today was my first off-road run of 2013 and my first since a traumatic body-building workout with Robser Le Monster. I decided to try a 10km route my dad showed me before I ran the Wycombe Half Marathon in 2011. So, to the sounds of Apocalyptic Love by Slash, I headed out into the chilly February e...
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When it comes to exercise (and indeed life in general), I believe people can push themselves far harder than they think they can. I believe people - myself included - set their personal expectations too low, rarely try as hard as they think they are trying, and give up too easily. I believe pe...
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Today, I had my first cage fight, at Gods of War's Berserker Brawl V - Valhalla Rising! I also lost my first cage fight...along with my general confidence in my ability to grapple. To be honest, this is probably for the best. If I can't fight, it's good to at least know that I can't fight - r...
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What's the first thing that pops to mind when you think "triathlon"? How about when you think "Adventurethon"? How about when you think about the individual sports of kayaking, mountain biking and off-road running? It's probably brute strength, right? Right. That's why, in preparation for my fo...
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Friends, enemies and animals with all the qualifications for personhood, who are nevertheless spurned by those who confused the concepts of human and person. LEND ME YOUR EARS! Murorga Sim Bowa (that's me, would you believe?) has been challenged to defend his EWA British Championship against t...
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Today, I decided that running 6km at a time was going to get me nowhere fast. Or rather, it would get me exactly 6km...and rather slowly. Useless. The only thing within a 3km radius of my house is Tesco Express and, if I want to go there, I'll drive. For one thing, it is a petrol station and, fo...
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1100 metres above sea level, jutting out 700 metres above lake Ringedalsvatnet in Western Norway...is Trolltunga. I want to go there...and caper. Here is why. For one thing, its name means Troll's Tongue in Norwegian. If that isn't enough to make you want to ascend it, you're in the wrong place ...
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According to the Native American calendar, the 22nd of March will see the end of the Wolf Month and the start of the Month of the Falcon. Oh, it will also be two year to the day since I started this blog... In honour of this tradition of naming months after kickass animals (as well as some disappo...
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Thus, it begins. As my first official act as the Chronicler of Adventure, I have decided to fly halfway around the world to Queensland, Australia! There, I shall begin my quest for fame...and GOLD! And BEER! And gold! And fame! And beer! It is time...for adventure!!...
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My friends...the time has come. Back in May 2012, I quit my ridiculously well-paid, ridiculously easy job as a creative content writer for a global software company. I didn't leave for a new position elsewhere and I didn't even look for a new job; I just decided enough was enough, handed my notic...
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Just a quick post today to say that I went back to High Wycombe Amateur Boxing Club last week with my brother, and went again tonight. An absolutely killer combination of fitness and technique work, the class has improved even further for 2013 and is now one of my absolute favourite places to train....
Continue reading ...My wonderfully talented friend introduced me to this video. It's friggin' amazing...apart from one thing...the music. Don't get me wrong, it's inoffensive... But when a man is performing feats of strength to this level, he really should be performing to some kind of EPIC HEAVY METAL! I hav...
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