21 Things That Made The World A Much Better Place in 2021
Conservation

21 Things That Made The World A Much Better Place in 2021

Beyond the gloomy headlines, us humans made some pretty amazing progress too...

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    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 31 Dec 2021 • 17 min read
Tackling Guatemala's 5 Volcano Challenge: A Photo Story
Features, Community, Central America

Tackling Guatemala's 5 Volcano Challenge: A Photo Story

Ever camped beside an erupting volcano? Here's how.

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    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 21 Dec 2021 • 6 min read
5 of the Best Wainwrights to Climb in the Lake District
Guides, UK, Hiking

5 of the Best Wainwrights to Climb in the Lake District

Karen and Dan Parker, authors of 'Peak Bagging: Wainwrights', talk us through their favourite walks up Alfred Wainwright's 214 fells...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 16 Dec 2021 • 8 min read
Cocaine, Cannabis and Whisky: The Medical Kit of Ernest Shackleton
Features, From the History Books

Cocaine, Cannabis and Whisky: The Medical Kit of Ernest Shackleton

Shackleton's 1907 Nimrod expedition to Antarctica made use of a variety of unlikely and unusual treatments to fend off illness...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 15 Dec 2021 • 6 min read
TranSending: A Story of Self-Discovery and the Seven Summits
Lunchtime Cinema, Features

TranSending: A Story of Self-Discovery and the Seven Summits

Erin Parisi is aiming to become the first transgender athlete to climb the highest mountain on each continent

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 7 Dec 2021 • 4 min read
Shine On: Tiny Bridges, Sharks and Britain's Most Remote Pub
Features

Shine On: Tiny Bridges, Sharks and Britain's Most Remote Pub

Good news? In this era?! 'Shine On' brings you five short snippets of good news to start your December off right

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 7 Dec 2021 • 6 min read
Shooting the Stars of the Slovenian Alps: A Photo Story
Features, Community, Slovenia

Shooting the Stars of the Slovenian Alps: A Photo Story

"I’ve been to the Alps in Austria and France before, but this was on another level – and seemingly undiscovered..."

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    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 30 Nov 2021 • 4 min read
Much Better Adventures named ‘Best Travel Agency’ of 2021
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Much Better Adventures named ‘Best Travel Agency’ of 2021

The win was one of two claimed at the Travolution Awards

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    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 29 Nov 2021 • 2 min read
5 Tips for Exploring Nature at Night, with Chris Salisbury
Guides

5 Tips for Exploring Nature at Night, with Chris Salisbury

Salisbury has been a nature guide for over 25 years. He shares his tips for stargazing, wildlife-spotting and walking at night...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 23 Nov 2021 • 8 min read
How Adventure Tourism Could Help Protect Panama's Wild Places
Features, Conservation, Case Studies

How Adventure Tourism Could Help Protect Panama's Wild Places

We speak to Javier Romero, who has been guiding in the greenery of Chagres National Park for over 25 years...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 17 Nov 2021 • 6 min read
Book Club: Jemma Wadham - Ice Rivers
Features, Book Club

Book Club: Jemma Wadham - Ice Rivers

A story of glaciers, wilderness and people, set from the Swiss Alps to Svalbard, Patagonia, in the Himalaya and beyond...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 11 Nov 2021 • 4 min read
The Story of Okjökull - the Icelandic Glacier that Disappeared
Features, From the History Books, Conservation, Iceland

The Story of Okjökull - the Icelandic Glacier that Disappeared

"Memorials are not for the dead. They are for the living. It is up to us, the living, to respond to the rapid loss of glacier and the ongoing impacts of climate change..."

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 8 Nov 2021 • 6 min read
After Ice: The Story of Our Disappearing Frozen World
Features, Lunchtime Cinema, Conservation, Iceland

After Ice: The Story of Our Disappearing Frozen World

Kieran Baxter's 12-minute film overlays archive imagery with modern footage of six glaciers in Southeast Iceland to tell the sad story of our rapidly disappearing frozen world

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 2 Nov 2021 • 5 min read
Shine On: Cosmic Walrus-Spotting and Turning Dance Moves into Renewable Energy
Conservation, Features

Shine On: Cosmic Walrus-Spotting and Turning Dance Moves into Renewable Energy

Good news? In this era?! 'Shine On' brings you five short snippets of good news to start your November off right

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 1 Nov 2021 • 6 min read
Book Club: Stephen Fabes - Signs of Life
Features, Book Club

Book Club: Stephen Fabes - Signs of Life

A 53,568-mile journey around the world with a junior doctor, drawn to health care at the margins of the world...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 31 Oct 2021 • 3 min read
What is COP 26 and How Can You Get Involved? We Speak to Protect Our Winters UK
Features, Conservation

What is COP 26 and How Can You Get Involved? We Speak to Protect Our Winters UK

We speak to Dominic Winters from outdoors climate action charity POW UK about COP26 and climate justice

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 28 Oct 2021 • 6 min read
We’re launching the Glasgow Declaration at COP26
Features, HQ, Conservation, Campaigns

We’re launching the Glasgow Declaration at COP26

What it means and how you can get involved.

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    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 28 Oct 2021 • 3 min read
Could Climate Change Impact the Colours of Autumn?
Features, Conservation

Could Climate Change Impact the Colours of Autumn?

Studies show that Autumnal colours are now coming earlier than normal - or in the case of some heatwaves, not at all...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 21 Oct 2021 • 5 min read
What to Forage in the UK? A Seasonal Guide
Guides

What to Forage in the UK? A Seasonal Guide

What to look out for in your forests, gardens and stuck to trees, whether foraging in spring, summer, autumn or winter...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 20 Oct 2021 • 7 min read
7 Tips for Being a Safe and Responsible Forager
Guides

7 Tips for Being a Safe and Responsible Forager

Hints and tips on how to source your own food via foraging while staying safe and sustainable...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 20 Oct 2021 • 7 min read
The First Ascent of Mount Ararat
Features, From the History Books

The First Ascent of Mount Ararat

The storm cleared for a moment, and from the blizzards of Kazbek, Friedrich Parrot looked on at the silvery-crown of Mt Ararat, said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 13 Oct 2021 • 7 min read
Trail Setting Stories: The West Kernow Way
Features, Trail Setting Stories, Cycling

Trail Setting Stories: The West Kernow Way

Reclaiming ancient rights of way in the westernmost corner of Cornwall, by bicycle

  • Emily Woodhouse
    Emily Woodhouse
Emily Woodhouse 12 Oct 2021 • 5 min read
Lunchtime Cinema: Riding the Rails - A New Type of Mountain Biking
Features, Lunchtime Cinema

Lunchtime Cinema: Riding the Rails - A New Type of Mountain Biking

We speak to director Evan Kay about adapting a mountain bike to ride the abandoned railways of the Adirondacks...

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 11 Oct 2021 • 5 min read
Buying a Stand Up Paddleboard | A SUP Buyer’s Guide & FAQs
Guides

Buying a Stand Up Paddleboard | A SUP Buyer’s Guide & FAQs

Everything you need to know before buying your first SUP

  • Stuart Kenny
    Stuart Kenny
Stuart Kenny 11 Oct 2021 • 8 min read
Trek the Laugavegur Trail in Iceland: A Photo Story
Features, Community, Iceland

Trek the Laugavegur Trail in Iceland: A Photo Story

At times it felt almost lunar – no wonder that the Apollo astronauts trained here!

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    Much Better Adventures
Much Better Adventures 11 Oct 2021 • 7 min read
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