RM's Mongol Derby : June 2014

Friday, 20 June 2014

Long rides

Maybe the next step for me is a long ride... Horses are a great way to see the world.

This guy has just finished riding from Canada to Brazil. You can read all about it here:

http://feedly.com/e/JGsoXGvz

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Women who Dare

This is what looks like a great book about lady climbers, by Chris Noble.

It's stuffed full of great shots, like this one, but also features interviews with the climbers.

I read an interview with Chris here: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/adventure-journal/~3/cEoMQPhG36k/

And what he had to say about adventure really caught my eye.

"Adventure is the antidote to our overly luxurious, risk-averse, materialistic society. Adventure is what happens when you are no longer in control, when things go off the tracks, the shit hits the fan, and we are confronted with our own limitations and mortality. It's when life gets distilled down to its essence. There are no guarantees, and no one else is going to save us. Adventure is when we all have to dig deep into our own character, in order to save the day. That's always been the hero's journey. It's universal and eternal."

Friday, 13 June 2014

A picture is worth...

You know what they say!

Here are Outside magazine's best adventure photos of 2014, including this gem taken near the Amur river in Mongolia:

http://www.outsideonline.com/photo-galleries/outdoor-adventure/exposure/The-Best-Adventure-Photography-Exposure-2014.html?utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xmlfeed

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Rodeo! Polo!

I have wanted to go to Argentina to play polo for ages; no-one plays polo like the Argentinians and I haven't quite reconciled myself to always being completely rubbish. For the avoidance of doubt, I am completely, completely rubbish.

I ever found myself in Argentina, however, I would definitely travel to Patagonia. Patagonia is a wild and inaccessible corner populated by gauchos and, oddly, a Welsh-speaking Welsh colony.

As a teaser, here's an astonishing photo from a Patagonian rodeo:

You can see the original here: http://feedly.com/e/NOui6WCw.

If that sparks any interest, look up Bruce Chatwin. Everything he ever wrote was absolutely fantastic, but his most famous book is probably In Patagonia. Thoroughly recommended.

Sunday, 8 June 2014

Wolf of Wall Street...in Mongolia

In one of the more bizarre

Mongolian news items of late, it turns out Jordan Belfort has visited Mongolia and would like the world to know...

... That he thinks Mongolia is on the up and up. As this is something everyone has known for quite some time (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mongolia), what on earth could Jordan's bizarre trip and announcement mean?

Is this in fact some kind of warning of impending doom? A bad omen from someone who surfed the US boom but wiped out before the boom did?

Or did Jordan just fancy a trip to Mongolia but wasn't prepared to pay for it himself? In which bad luck, Random House, happy days Mongolia...