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.Continue reading “Interview with Editor of The Surfers Path, Alex Dick-Read”
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Video: Napier Surf Club – Belhaven Trip
A little edit of my uni’s surf club trip to Belhaven, Scotland on Saturday.
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 peopleContinue reading “ALPKIT’S BIG SHAKEOUT”
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 thoughtContinue 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.Continue 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 downContinue 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 neverContinue reading “Polarbears and Paddleboards”
First warm water surf holiday
Slotted into a Ryanair window seat like a piece of tetris, burnt back against cheap leather, sunburnt thighs chaffing against my denim jeans, particles of skin peeling off my nose and a cracked collarbone tucked awkwardly beneath my skin. Salt and sand fall from everywhere as I squirm and toss to get comfortable. All areContinue reading “First warm water surf holiday”
An interview with Simon Reeve
Check out my interview with adventurer and TV presenter Simon Reeve on Sidetracked online. Over the last ten years, author, adventurer and TV presenter Simon Reeve has travelled the world with a camera in tow to record his extraordinary experiences for shows such as Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn and Indian Ocean and nowContinue reading “An interview with Simon Reeve”
#microadventure with Al Humphreys
In my years stumbling awkwardly around this planet, I have met many whom I admire. Some became heroes in my eyes. But I have always had a flaw in my way of thinking, I tend to put people on top of a pedestal so high up that even in all their apparent brilliance, they couldContinue reading “#microadventure with Al Humphreys”
Orla O'Muiri 