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Will Pokemon Go get you out on an Adventure to Explore Your City?
July 14, 2016
There is a hugely popular app game from Nintendo out called Pokemon Go. It topped the app store download chart on both iPhone’s App Store and Google Play just days after its initial release in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Its just been released in the UK today. From screenshots it looks like an AR (augmented reality) app. I’m just downloading it now in order to give it a trial run.
Tags: CityAugmented realityAppIphonePokemon goTravelPsychogeographyAdventure
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Adventure Exploring on a Bike - The Travels of Photographer Nicolas Marino
July 13, 2016
Nicolás Marino is an adventure cyclist. His long-term adventures by bicycle have lasted for 10 years, 85 countries, across all kinds of terrain. A recent dispatch from cycling in Africa had him telling that he usually travels about 80 km per day on average although he sometimes does as much as 150 km. He states that the main motivation for travelling for him are the people that he meets and the cultures that he gets to experience such as the Touareg, Tibetan Buddhists, Nomadic Mongolians or Bayaka Pygmys.
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Camping Hammocks Research and Review
July 12, 2016
I like sleeping outside. If you are going to be able to find trees to strap a hammock between or staying at a camp with these conditions, a hammock is a good option. Hammock Benefits Avoid the cold floor Avoid bugs Hammock drawbacks Strange sleeping position Massive range to choose from Best brands are expensive My Interest I’m interested in one with a built in net to avoid bugs and long and wide enough to fit a 6’2” tall person who weighs 200 lbs.
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Newsletter
July 8, 2016
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Journeys
July 8, 2016
jour·ney (jûr′nē) n. pl. jour·neys The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home. A process or course likened to traveling, such as a series of trying experiences; a passage: the journey from addiction to recovery.
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How to self-promote
July 8, 2016
How to self-promote These days social media is massive and it can help if you are promote yourself. Collaborate with other similar kinds of people - repost their things Gn one large adventure at least once or twice a year. Go camping with your mates, outside of London 3 or 4 times a year Write long posts about your camping trips on the internet. People have to comment on your boring self-absorbed monologues and say how wonderful they are.
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Adventure Cycle Touring
July 8, 2016
Before cycle touring, I’d done a lot of mountain biking day trips but the first time I did a multi-day “adventure” trip was in Scotland in 2006. The trip turned out to be a big challenge, but it sowed the seeds of later ideas about “travelling by bike”. Bicycle touring - a definition A bicycle tour is when you decide you are going out on your bike but instead of looping back you stop somewhere and then the next day you cycle a bit more.
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A reflection on ‘The Bicycle Diaries’ by David Byrne
July 3, 2016
Originally posted on Slowquest in 2011. David Byrne’s primary mode of city transport during his career as a musician and artist is a bicycle. In a conversational style, Byrne talks about his observations whilst riding his bike. On a podcast of ‘the Bike Show’ on Resonance FM, there was a feature on how when you cycle, your brain is in an alpha-wave state. Your conscious and unconscious minds are slightly better linked and thoughts are more easily able to bubble over from one to the other.
Tags: Bicycle DiariesDavid BrynePsychogeographyBookBook Review
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16 reasons you might enjoy reading about my Cycle Touring Adventure in Europe - Weave of the Ride
July 2, 2016
Weave of the Ride is a book I wrote about cycling from England to the Caucasus between 2007 and 2008. It is a tale of wanting to make a change and have an adventure. Do you want to read about beautiful but unusual places, unique experiences and freedom and how to discover these things yourself? If so read on about Weave of the Ride. It is the story of going from one lifestyle to another.
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Surly Long Haul Trucker Adventure Touring Bike Review
July 1, 2016
I recently visited Oakham Cycles to test ride the Surly Long Haul Trucker. I wanted to check it out because it is a go-to bike, good value, used and recommended by many for adventure cycle touring. Having always built and ridden my own bikes based on mountain bike frames and with the abundance of specific adventure touring bikes now available I wanted to compare the bike considered to be the benchmark to other bikes I’ve ridden.
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Ways to Make a Protest More Effective
June 30, 2016
Whilst studying at Goldsmiths in 2011 I did a project where I was looking at how protests usually work and thinking about how to make them more effective. More Noise Instruments, drums, speaker systems. No pop music is allowed though as pop music is usually made in order to be a commodity and be sold which is not in the spirit of a protest. A protest is more about collective unity and expression, not profit.
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Coast HL27 Headlamp Review for Night Running, Hiking, Mountain Biking with Adjustable Zoom / Dim
June 21, 2016
You might be more likely to find this headlamp in a hardware store than an outdoor shop. However, this lamp ticks many of the boxes in the search for my ideal headlamp. Are you looking for a headlamp for night running, hiking or mountain biking that is good value, rugged and has an adjustable brightness and zoom? The Coast HL27 might be for you. The Company Coast started off producing knives for filleting salmon in Portland Oregon.
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