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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: HARDANGERVIDDA
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. The story of the ‘Heroes of Telemark’ is one of my favourite adventure stories. The true story (as opposed to the confection of nonsense filmed by a Hollywood studio and starring Kirk Douglas) is told best by Knut Haukelid, one of the participants, in his book ‘Skis Against The Atom.’. The Norwegians went on to spend the winter living hi...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: When Adventure Attacks!
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Desert Island by Bicycle. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Fallen through a cornice; caught in an avalanche; attacked by a parrot and had a spider the size of a labrador puppy crawl across my face. And here’s the rub: none of my friends are idiots. None of them are guilty of being ill-prepared or inexperienced in their pursuit of adventure. It’s just...As we sat there, ...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: August 2009
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Kathmandu came as a breath of fresh air. Which, given that it is one of the world’s most polluted cities, is rather ironic. I had just arrived from the cloying, clamouring, deafening tumult of Delhi with its maddening touts and unbearable heat and, in comparison, Kathmandu seemed like a relaxing provincial get-away. In alcoves sat, with ...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: November 2009
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. The story of the ‘Heroes of Telemark’ is one of my favourite adventure stories. The true story (as opposed to the confection of nonsense filmed by a Hollywood studio and starring Kirk Douglas) is told best by Knut Haukelid, one of the participants, in his book ‘Skis Against The Atom.’. The Norwegians went on to spend the winter living hi...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: Canoeing Kolovesi
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Chamonix - To the grandeur of the Alps. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Ray Mears made me do it. There I was, minding my own business – sitting down to my dinner after a hard day at work, I flicked on the TV and started the usual hopeless progression through a succession of talent shows, reality shows and house-doing-up-and-selling shows. Then I found it. Col: “U...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: The Hidden Kingdom
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Kathmandu came as a breath of fresh air. Which, given that it is one of the world’s most polluted cities, is rather ironic. I had just arrived from the cloying, clamouring, deafening tumult of Delhi with its maddening touts and unbearable heat and, in comparison, Kathmandu seemed like a relaxing provincial get-away. In alcoves sat, with ...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: Desert Island by Bicycle
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Desert Island by Bicycle. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Desert Island by Bicycle. One day, while poking around my friend’s garden shed, I found a bicycle; an old, yellow road bike, with drop handlebars and ten gears. Buried under several centimetres of dust and cobwebs, with flat tires and rusting wheels, it looked a far from promising steed. 8220;You want to what?
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: May 2009
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Chamonix - To the grandeur of the Alps. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. It was one of those mornings where getting out of bed seems like an almost impossible task. I was warm and comfortable and still half asleep. It’s still dark.". I said to myself. Only postmen and cat-burglars get up in the dark.". By the time we arrived at the car-park at Cairngorm Ski Resort, the ...
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The Bike: January 2006
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006. The Right Bike For The Job. Here it is, the right bike for the job (I hope! It's a 2003 Yamaha XT600E. A real work horse of a bike. (By the way, these are StC publicity shots, hence all the StC gear! It's pretty standard except for the following:. 1: Extra large Acerbis touring tank for those disasters that begin. 'Ah, there'll be another gas station soon enough.'. 2: Aluminium hard panniers, for keeping my dirty underpants and Weetabix safe from theives. So there you have it...
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney: July 2009
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ADVENTURE WRITING - by Matt Cartney. Stories of travel and adventure, from climbing mountains to motorcycle touring. Desert Island by Bicycle. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Desert Island by Bicycle. One day, while poking around my friend’s garden shed, I found a bicycle; an old, yellow road bike, with drop handlebars and ten gears. Buried under several centimetres of dust and cobwebs, with flat tires and rusting wheels, it looked a far from promising steed. 8220;You want to what?