Adventure Book Suggestions to Get You Going

Some time ago adventurer Alastair Humphreys interviewed fellow adventurers and asked them about their favorite books in their particular field of expertise. When it came to walking adventures, Alastair chose to interview Leon McCarron, who walked across Mongolia, China, and the Empty Quarter Desert Here are Leon McCarron’s five favorite adventure books.

1. Clear Waters Rising – Nicholas Crane: A wonderfully British adventure – Nick Crane sets off across Europe on foot, following mountains all the way, and carrying little more than an umbrella by way of kit

2. Of Walking in Ice – Werner Herzog: I only recently got hold of this – it’s out of print – but if you imagine a Werner Herzog film put to text (about him walking across the Alps in Winter to visit a dying mentor) then you can imagine what’s going on. Mental and brilliant.

3. Wanderlust – a history of Walking – Rebecca Solnit: A bit heavy going at times (for those of us not used to academic texts) but mostly it is an enjoyable and ridiculously well research compendium of walking

4. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien: I read this when I was a kid, and it’s responsible for my initial desires to walk long distances. Dissapointingly I’mve yet to do a trip with a horde of dwarves or elves’¦.

5. A Time of Gifts – Patrick Leigh Fermor: I didn’t want to put this in (it seemed far too obvious – I wanted to put in the slightly obscure journals of Lewis and Clark as they crossed America) but any walking list without Fermor is incomplete – probably the most poetic and wanderlust-enducing book ever written about walking.

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The Importance of Adventure in Our Daily Lives

Adventures can be anything from fun to frightening, unpredictable to out of the ordinary, and oh so worthwhile on so many different levels! We could all do with a bit more adventure on a regular basis, and here are just four of the many reasons why adventure is important in our everyday lives.

Change is good. The right adventure can take you out of your circumstances, and indeed, take you out of yourself. Adventure broadens your horizons, increases your awareness of the world around you, and inevitably leads to change, which can be a very good thing indeed.

The fun factor. We’re not saying there’s anything wrong with routine, but adventure can spice things up a bit and more often than not leads to a whole lot of fun, making everything seem just a little bit more worthwhile.

Adventure leads to personal growth. It’s through the tough and challenging times that we build strength and character, and it’s not just a matter of survival skills. The right adventure can help us not just survive but thrive in any situation.

It brings a sense of accomplishment. An adventure can be an achievement; a mountain to climb, a river to cross, a country to travel, or an obstacle to overcome. That feeling of accomplishment can be nothing short of euphoric in and of itself.

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