Microadventures: Discover Adventure Right Where You Are
We’ve always said here at Sidetracked, that you don’t need to travel to the far corners of the world to experience adventure – it can be found just as easily in Dorset as it can in Dushanbe. And British adventurer, author and motivational speaker (and Sidetracked Ambassador) Alastair Humphreys agrees with us. “Adventure is the spirit of trying something new, trying something difficult”, says Al. “Above all, adventure is about enthusiasm, ambition, open-mindedness and curiosity. Adventure is not only rowing oceans or cycling round the world. Adventure is everywhere, every day and it is up to us to seek it out. We all have to pragmatically juggle the commitments and constraints of our ‘real lives’. But we can still have a microadventure. It doesn’t matter if you are old or young, male or female, athletic or unfit. This is for everyone. Getting out into the wild, if only for one night, is enjoyable, invigorating and important.”
“Microadventures: Local Discoveries, Great Escapes” is the newly released book by Al and is jam packed with inspiration, ideas and suggestions for getting outdoors and creating a good work/life balance. Based around his own microadventure exploits, the first part of the book takes you out of the office for a 5 to 9 hilltop adventure, building and paddling a raft down river and going back to basics and survival in the woods – and that’s just for starters! The range of ideas within the book are wide and varying in difficulty ensuring that there’s going to be something in there to get you excited and reaching for your bivi bag. To ensure that there can be no excuses whatsoever, Al also provides some practical information with a whole host of hints, tips, equipment lists and location ideas.
To celebrate the launch of this new book we have 5 copies of Microadventures to give away. Just fill in your name and email address to enter the competition – it really is as easy as that! If you’ve recently been on a microadventure then do share it via Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #microadventure.
As Al reminds us: “they may be small, but microadventures can still be challenging and rewarding. Each one is designed to inspire others to set their own challenges, challenges which may be short but which grasp the spirit of adventure. Adventure is everywhere, every day and it is up to us to seek it out.”
