Adventure – Digital Steak

Road Tripping in the Wild West – Part 1

Charley Radcliffe — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:07:22 +0000

They don’t call this place Big Sky country for no reason – photos just can’t do it justice and we have completely lucked out with the weather and the time of year. It is quieter than just a few weeks earlier and the wide open roads are ours alone. Well, and the monster trucks cruising...

Run Annapurna kit list

Charley Radcliffe — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:59:31 +0000

Two days to go until I get on a plane and fly to Nepal for my biggest adventure yet, running the Annapurna Circuit, a 220km trek in the Nepalese Himalayas. The kit I take on this is going to be crucial to the success of the run; too heavy and I will be slowed down,...

Run Annapurna, my next Adventure

Charley Radcliffe — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:43:36 +0000

On the 2nd March, I am going to be heading to Nepal to take on what will be my biggest challenge yet – a solo, self-supported run of the Annapurna Circuit. At 200km, with 10,000m of ascent, and with a high point of 5,416m, I am in for a whole world of firsts. My first time to Nepal, my first time...

Making friends in new places

Charley Radcliffe — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 09:42:11 +0000

I’m standing at a belay looking up at the clear blue skies as Pat and Graeme sort out the gear for the next section of the climb we are on. 7 months ago I didn’t know either of these guys but I’ve been working hard at making friends and, already, we have confidence in each other,...

5 Christmas gift ideas for an adventurer

Charley Radcliffe — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:12:57 +0000

(Edit: Added a seventh, Something that helps others) Christmas is fast approaching and the panic of getting the right present of Sophie is creeping in. Every Christmas, birthday, and anniversary is the same; she not-so-casually drops hints and I do my best to remember them. I do, however, like to get her something that she...

A winter microadventure: the choice is yours.

Charley Radcliffe — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 10:40:23 +0000

Winter has well and truly arrived and, with a brief break in the snow, I decided I needed to check out this Microadventure game that so many people have been enjoying (Sophie’s night out and Anna McNuff’s many microadventures). With so much going through my mind recently, I knew some quality own-time would be greatly...

Post adventure blues, feeling guilty, and what next

Charley Radcliffe — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:35:34 +0000

It is not uncommon following a big adventure or challenge to crash and to experience the post adventure blues. Focusing on one objective for so long and the void completing it leaves can be hard to fill. Add to that the physical and emotional hangover, and your body’s fight to get back to normality and...

One day we will not be able to do this. Today is not that day.

Charley Radcliffe — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:21:09 +0000

Sophie is on the final stretch of an adventure we started 31 days ago, the Alpine Coast to Coast, an epic journey from the eastern end of the Alps to Monaco via the summits of the highest mountains in each of the 8 Alpine states. Sophie has cycled nearly every mile alone, in rain, wind,...

Thank you for your support

Charley Radcliffe — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:16:13 +0000

This morning, at 2.30am, Sophie slipped in the toilets of the Tete Rousse hut and badly knocked her thigh. The shock and pain forced us to rethink our Mont Blanc summit attempt. A worry at the back of both our minds was ‘what would everyone say?’. Thank you for being so understanding and supportive. Processing...

Switzerland, Winter Conditions and Climbing the Dufourspitze

Charley Radcliffe — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:13:39 +0000

The little fingers on both my hands had gone numb an hour ago, I tried to warm them up as we came over the final section of the summit ridge but it was too cold. As we stepped onto the summit of the Dufourspitze, the highest mountain in Switzerland at 4638m, I saw Sophie was...