You don’t need to go to the ends of the Earth to find adventure. You don’t need money, and you don’t need much time. Adventure can be found in your own local community regardless of where you live or how much money or time you have available. All you need to find adventure is a little imagination, a load of enthusiasm and a willingness to step outside of your comfort zone.
To quote inspirational adventurer, Alastair Humphreys: “Adventure is only a state of mind. Adventure is stretching yourself; mentally, physically or culturally. It is about doing what you do not normally do, pushing yourself hard and doing it to the best of your ability. And if that is true then adventure is all around us, at all times. Even during hard financial times such as these. Times, I believe, when getting out into the wild are more enjoyable, invigorating and important than ever.”
I have set out to have a microadventure at least once every couple of weeks. These microadventures often involve getting out into the hills or mountains – but can often just involve doing something new in an urban environment.
The following list provides links to videos and articles following some of my microadventures:
Crib Goch – An Extreme Challenge for a Vertigo Sufferer (blog post)
A Microadventure along the North Yorkshire Coast (video)
A New Year’s Microadventure (video)
15 Miles to Somewhere: A Random Microadventure (video)
A Munro Bagging Microadventure (video)
A Microadventure in the Yorkshire Dales (video)
The Wormhole, Bridge Jumping & Sleeping Under the Stars (blog post)
The Pennine Way: Edale to Marsden (blog post)
Other microadventures I have planned… or need to write up include:
Scrambling in the Lake District
A Microadventure in Snowdonia
Walking a Lap of the Monopoly Board
Hitch-Hiking to the Arctic Circle
And, now I finally have an inflatable kayak…
Exploring Sheffield’s Canals by Pack-Raft
Rafting the River Derwent
For more inspiration for your own microadventures check out Al Humphrey’s ‘Year of Microadventure‘ which includes a variety of ways to find adventure which is close to home, cheap, simple, short yet still utterly invigorating.
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