Alastair Humphreys is an adventurer, blogger, author, motivational speaker, film maker and photographer. He produces a monthly newsletter with the highlights of the blog and important expedition news. Alastair has published three books, with a children’s book due by the end of the year. (He has also written chapters for Lonely Planet’s ‘Flightless‘ anthology, the Adventure Cycling Handbook and The Traveller’s Handbook). He is a keen photographer and videographer. Alastair pays the bills through motivational speaking at businesses and schools, fulfilling a long ambition in 2008 by speaking to a full house at the Royal Geographical Society (listen to it here). Alastair is a patron of the charity Hope and Homes for Children.
?!X: What’s the a ‘think’ create this future?
AH: My personal mission at the moment is to encourage ‘Microadventures’ as a way of getting people outdoors, learning to love wildness, challenging themselves, and refocusing on what is really important to them.
AH: In some ways very trivial, but definitely a tiny, tiny step towards feeling healthier, caring about the environment, and challenging ourselves to be out of our comfort zone: Oudoor Swimming Society .