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Expedition Yemen By Camel; Meeting Al Qaeda in Rumah and the Expedition ends

 ”I will miss sleeping under the stars” , Tanya said whilst we were cooking our last dinner under a moonlit sky full of stars and a clear Milky Way, but she finished her dreamy comment with a reality...

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How to Get to the North Pole: and Other Iconic Adventures

Tim Moss is one of these nice fellas which burn for a cause and is liked by pretty much everybody. A human full of energy. Good at most things he throws his energy into. He has just recently written a...

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Yemen; The Crossing of Al Mahra

“I have to get out of this heat!” Tanya screamed. “I can’t stand it! I will die out here!”  My thermometer showed that it was 50 degrees Celsius. Our throats were sore, dry and hurting. Sweat was...

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Book Review; The Modern Explorers

There´s no doubt in my case that it was books which made me choose this odd life and I really need to be surrounded by books to feel really content with life. For this reason I have written two...

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Sir Ahmed Mohammed Hassanein; Judging the Rewards of Failure By CuChullaine...

The topic of “failure” is of vital importance to those of us who participate and study the ancient art of exploration. And whereas the public is always eager to hear a tale about a bold victory, those...

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Documentary Film Review: Into the Empty Quarter By Leon McCarron and Alastair...

Just by chance, yesterday I ended up watching Ben Fogle and James Cracknell going into the Empty Quarter on BBC. I also saw my old mate Mussalem Bin Hassan in the background which was pretty much the...

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Burn Out By Sandy McCallum

I have just come to the realization that I have been suffering for quite awhile from a serious case of runners burnout. Luckily I have made it to the other side and have learned so much along my...

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Looking back: First visit to Rub Al Khali 2008

The first journey I did after Siberia was heading for the legendary piece of desert called Empty Quarter or today Rub Al Khali, made famous by Wilfried Thesiger and his journeys together with his Bedu...

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Looking Back: The Preperations For Oman To Mauretania By Camel 2007

I fell in love with Oman on my first visit. Who knew such a wonderful place existed! So, together with Discover Oman, Tethys Oil and Eihab Travels and toured this lovely place with Kamil AL Raisi, a...

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Expedition Namibia: Strong winds

“Yo, don’t film me!” We had just arrived to the very interesting little town called Henties Bay. It felt like I was back in an outback town in Australia. Wide streets, yelling locals high on alcohol,...

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