Micro – Adventures
From time to time we get some great stories from members of the Rohan community. Here are a couple that caught our eye and raised a smile. We hope you enjoy the following micro adventures ‘Walking a lap of the M25 and Packrafting Across Scotland’ with Alastair Humphreys.
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” I have had two “micro adventures” in the UK over the last year. During the “worst weather” for a generation two of us set off to walk a lap of the M25, the 120-mile motorway that encircles London. Sticking within the “audio corridor” of the road, walking through fields and small towns, hopping fences and camping in woods I was interested to find out whether it is possible to find adventure in 21st Century suburbia. The film material from this project is with a film production company at the moment. Check out the photo’s
After the M25 I travelled to remote northern Scotland for a training trip with a friend. The plan was simple: to travel from the west coast to the east coast, walking from the sea up to the watershed and then unpacking the1-man packraft boats we carried in our packs. We would then paddle down the River Spey to the coast. Recent freak temperatures of minus twenty two degrees celsius made the paddling section quite interesting! Check out the short video from the trip”
What’s a Packraft?xxxxxxxxx Photo’s of the Packrafting trip
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Adventure on your doorstep Alastair Humphreys describes the kit he used on his micro-adventure around London’s orbital motorway, the M25.
Alastair Humphreys is an adventurer, blogger, author, motivational speaker and photographer.
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M25 is 25 years old today 26/10/2011 The Sun today… To celebrate its birthday, MARTIN PHILLIPS reveals 25 facts you auto know…
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3894748/Its-been-round-for-25-years.html
Fantastic, thanks for the advice everyone. I’ll look into getting a cheaper one to try out first, any particular ones to recommend?
Hi Ian,
Packrafts are awesome. You can start cheap to see if you like them (http://www.sevylor.com/) and work up to the expensive Alpacka Llama that I used here: http://vimeo.com/16580852
Al
Two suggestion from Adam on Rohantime Facebook
http://www.alpackaraft.com/index.cfm
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an alternative
http://lightweightoutdoors.com/?p=1154
Thanks Adam
Hi Ian Great you like microadventurers we have put the word out to get some answers for you. Sarah
Inspirational, I’d never heard of packrafts before and am now looking into getting one. Where is the best place in the uk for them? Or alternatively a decent website? Also would you recommend a particular make/model.