E34 Alastair Humphreys: Living Adventurously

In this episode I was joined by adventurer, author, and speaker Alastair Humphreys. Alastair has gone on several massive adventures but is at pains to point out that he is as lazy and cautious as the rest of us. Alastair was named a National Geographic Adventurer Of The Year in 2012 for his microadventure movement. Microadventures are a cheap, local, excuse-proof way of making adventures attainable for those of us who are too busy, poor, or timid to attempt something bigger.

Alastair was an excellent guest and I'm pretty sure I have the dubious honour of being the first interviewer who got him to swear at them!

Topics covered by my conversation with Alastair include:

1. The importance, and difficulty,of breaking our routine.


2. Alastair explains what got him to begin his first big adventure, a 46,000 mile bicycle ride!


3. The joy of the microadventure.


4. Breaking the elitism of adventuring.


5. The importance of staying childlike.


6. Alastair explains that writing is harder than walking across a desert.

For full episode notes, as well as a list of the many books etc that get a mention in the interview go to the inspireland podcast blog. Thanks for listening. Dave