This is the final interview with an Editor of a specialist magazine. Outdoor Enthusiast Editor Phil Turner talks about his role and gives advice to budding adventure editors. 1.How did you get into the industry? I had a fairly unconventional career progression – I started a hillwalking/backpacking blog which was noticed by a publisher andContinueContinue reading “Interview with Outdoor Enthusiast, OE Retailer and Mountain Pro Magazine Editor Phil Turner”
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Interview with TGO Magazine Editor Emily Rodway
The second interview with an editor of a specialist magazine, offering some information and advice on breaking into the industry.1.How did you get into the industry?I took a rather unconventional route into publishing. I studied at the University of Leeds and while I was there had a part-time job in a small commercial art gallery.ContinueContinue reading “Interview with TGO Magazine Editor Emily Rodway”
Interview with Editor of The Surfers Path, Alex Dick-Read
I carried out a series of interviews with people from the outdoor/adventure magazine industry recently to ask them advice on breaking into their world. They agreed to let me post up their reply on this blog to help others in a similar position. The first is with the Editor of ‘The Surfers Path’ Alex Dick-Read.ContinueContinue reading “Interview with Editor of The Surfers Path, Alex Dick-Read”
ALPKIT’S BIG SHAKEOUT
Published on sidetracked.co.uk on October 7th. When I was twelve, I wrote an essay in primary school. It was called, “A perfect summers day’. Today, the scribbles of my childhood climbed from my copybook and materialised before my eyes. It was all there. The backdrop of sun, tents, tepees, a temporary bmx track, smiling peopleContinueContinue reading “ALPKIT’S BIG SHAKEOUT”
A quick interview with Tom Denniss
A minute with Tom Denniss who has just completed the fastest circumnavigation of the globe on foot. 1.What was your daily routine while en route? Wake up, breakfast, get dressed, run, finish the day, do the blog and other documentation, shower, dinner and red wine. 2.How do you plan to deal with the inevitable comeContinueContinue reading “A quick interview with Tom Denniss”
Interview with David of the 5000 mile Project
David and Katharine are 13months into running the length of South America. 5000miles through rainforest and mountains to raise both money and awareness for the environment. I got in contact with Dave when he emerged from the rainforest for a brief spell to hear about their amazing story so far. 1.You ran to raise awarenessContinueContinue reading “Interview with David of the 5000 mile Project”
Thoughts while walking the Wicklow Way
The Wicklow Way. If you are in Ireland or you are on your way, you must do it. Uphill, downhill, views that make you shit your pants, waterfalls, silence, drinking out of streams, no crowds, no people, so few yellow arrows that you are bound to get lost….132km of the fairytale Ireland that you thoughtContinueContinue reading “Thoughts while walking the Wicklow Way”
Fear
Fear was always a foreign concept to me, one I didn’t really understand because i never felt it as hard as most people do. I didn’t much like frogs or veins, but they were irrational and I knew it. Fear was never an inhibiting factor because it didn’t enter the thought process in anything I did.ContinueContinue reading “Fear”
Camino de Santiago – Porto to Santiago 230km
Two pairs of socks pulled on over my iodine soaked and plastered feet. Runners stepped into swiftly – the faster I do it means the less pain I must endure. Laces looped and knotted up. Backpack thrown over my sunburnt back and clipped into place. Poncho and jumper hanging over the straps. Cap pulled downContinueContinue reading “Camino de Santiago – Porto to Santiago 230km”
Polarbears and Paddleboards
First published on Sidetracked online. Ideas for unique adventures to embark on are becoming increasingly difficult to unearth. However, we think we’ve come across such a one. A team of ten will attempt to Stand Up Paddleboard up the Sermilik Fjord in Greenland to reach the towering Helheim Glacier. A 100km journey that has neverContinueContinue reading “Polarbears and Paddleboards”
Orla O'Muiri 