The Backyard Adventurer

“He’s Australian and quite a wacky guy. His background is the very conventional, middle-class explorer adventures like me. But this book is about, after going all the way around the world and doing some really big stuff, coming back to where he lives, and finding excitement and adventure in much smaller, mundane things. He makes videos for YouTube, which are brilliant. One great example of what he’s done is run a marathon. That’s quite a good challenge. Lots of people aspire to do it, but it’s also quite hard to fit into your routine. So he decided to do a marathon over the course of a day by running one mile, every hour. So he runs a mile, which takes 15 minutes or so. Then he has a list of other jobs to do that day. So he spends 45 minutes on those. Then he goes to run the next mile. And so, over 24 hours, he runs a marathon, which is quite a big challenge. But he also ticks off this series of quirky things he’s trying to get done. It’s a challenge to be a bit more creative with what you define adventure as in your life.” Read more...

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Alastair Humphreys, Travel Writer