Category Archives: Cinematography

Reaching Lost Mountain

First published on Adventures Unbound Blog on May 23rd 2017.  Rhys Fisher, seconds away from getting airborne during a training XC-flight in southern Spain — Picture taken by Jairo Pino One to watch this summer — an expedition dubbed Reaching Lost Mountain is an attempt at a coast-to-coast Pyrenees crossing, powered only by the elements. One of those adventures, all usContinue reading “Reaching Lost Mountain”

Marathon des Sables

Published in OutDare Adventures 1 Oct 2012 The progression of an endurance runner: First you go for a walk down your street.  Then you progress to a 10km run, a sprint distance triathlon, followed by an Olympic distance.  Now you do a marathon, a double Olympics even, and then, duh duh duh, the legendary Ironman!Continue reading “Marathon des Sables”

Interview with Adventurer Dave Cornthwaite

1.Do you have any regrets on the path your life took? What an opener! I don’t think you can do anything that will result in true regret without being aware of it at the time you made the decision, so if you chose to have regret you chose to live with it. I’m pretty happyContinue reading “Interview with Adventurer Dave Cornthwaite”

Interview with Tom Allen – Global Cyclist

1.What are your emotional motives behind your adventures? Mostly I go on adventures to satisfy my own curiosity. But what I’m curious about has changed since I started. On my first trip I was naive and idealistic, so everything was interesting and new and it broke my preconceptions. As time went on I became curiousContinue reading “Interview with Tom Allen – Global Cyclist”

Nepal Riverboarding Exhibition

“10 people, 10 boards, one virgin river.” The Sun Kosi and Tamur River roar through Eastern Nepal. Born in the Himalayan mountains its rapids are fierce, its interior littered with rocks and wild surf that set out to crush and devour you. It was a free river, until last week when ten adventurers stepped up andContinue reading “Nepal Riverboarding Exhibition”

Snowboarding – the coolest sport in the world

Now this is what I call a sport. I’m not going to lie, I picked snowboarding over skiing because it trumped it tenfold in the cool stakes and I was correct, line up adrenaline junkies this your next hit. No wonder snowboarders invent their own vocabulary, because when you are weaving down the side ofContinue reading “Snowboarding – the coolest sport in the world”

Mark Beaumont’s Lecture:

Mark Beaumont‘s Twitter tagline reads; “Adventurer, author, expedition cameraman, speaker.” I think he should add marketing genius to that one. His latest talk took place Thursday night at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.  The selling point, ‘come to my talk, buy my book at the door for a reduced rate and I will sign itContinue reading “Mark Beaumont’s Lecture:”

Rat Race – Urban Gym, Edinburgh

What a simple yet genius idea. Taking the gym to the streets. Taking the routine of running slumped over a treadmill, IPod taped to your ears, eyes listlessly stalking the mute TV on the wall and introducing  you back to the world of outdoors. Edinburgh’s Urban Gym has regrouped and restyled and its going toContinue reading “Rat Race – Urban Gym, Edinburgh”