“Make your choice, adventurous stranger; ring the bell and bide the danger. Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had…” – C.S. Lewis
Tag: adventure
Indochina Adventure (Part 4) – Riding The Reunification Express
Sitting at a sweltering Saigon railway station sweating profusely under the noisy rotating ceiling fans I began to doubt my sanity for the first time on this trip.
I had dragged all my travel companions along with me on this little venture of mine, this personal quest to travel through the night on a famed sleeper train, north across the vast landscapes of Vietnam to the old and ancient royal capital of Hué. Continue reading “Indochina Adventure (Part 4) – Riding The Reunification Express”
Second-class ambitions!
“Life is too short for second-class ambitions.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE has:
Travelled up the White Nile on a hovercraft,
His Transglobe Expedition journeyed around the world on its polar axis, using surface transport only,
Completed the Northwest Passage in an 18 ft open Boston Whaler,
Attempted to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole,
Amputated his own frostbiten fingers,
Ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents (after a heart attack),
Has climbed The North Face of The Eiger and
At the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest!
A statement of intent for 2012!
It’s 2012 already, where an earth did 2011 evaporate to?
Last year I boldly lay down a ‘Statement of Intent’ for the year in a vain effort to force myself into attempting some outdoor activities way outside of my own personal comfort zone. In the main I managed to achieve all that I set out to do – see A statement of intent 2011 (update), in fact I enjoyed putting the challenges down in writing so much that I feel compelled to do it again this year.
So here it is the Statement of intent for 2012! Continue reading “A statement of intent for 2012!”
JAMES HANDLON 