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- Watching Le Tour - David Millar's off the front in a solo breakaway (in the pissing rain). Excellent!about 18 hours ago from web
- Back from two meetings so exciting that I had to suppress the urge to jump up and down. Next, a jumbo to-do list. El café es necesario!about 20 hours ago from web
- In the car, listening to the shipping forecast on longwave radio. That's how we roll, baby.4:07 AM Jul 8th from mobile web
- Off to talk to Mountain Equipment http://is.gd/1qPpo about custom clothing for solo speed record attempts on the N and S Poles12:05 AM Jul 8th from web
- Wowser - a nailbiting Tour de France this year!8:33 AM Jul 7th from web
- @arctictony down for me at the moment. Hmm.7:53 AM Jul 6th from web in reply to arctictony
- If you're in London, Ed Stafford is speaking tomorrow (via satellite from the Amazon jungle) 6:30pm at the Nat Geo store http://is.gd/1oBrZ12:53 AM Jul 6th from web
- A long-overdue recap of my stab at the 250-mile Thames Ring ultra-marathon last month: http://is.gd/1odgP1:34 PM Jul 5th from web
- I loves me a good BBC sports montage.11:00 AM Jul 5th from web
- Phew! Wimbledon! And is it me, or could Boris Becker do with a touch of sartorial guidance?10:54 AM Jul 5th from web
- Brilliant 5hr20' ride over the North Downs into Kent (Edenbridge, Hever, Westerham). The training resumes!5:26 AM Jul 5th from web
- @lancearmstrong ask him to start twittering again - it was brilliant while it lasted! (@emerckx)3:21 AM Jul 4th from web in reply to lancearmstrong
- "If children are not permitted to be explorers, what will become of adventure, of stories, of literature itself?" http://is.gd/1mHjG3:32 PM Jul 3rd from web
- @Liz_Hatch Vai vai vai!10:32 AM Jul 3rd from web in reply to Liz_Hatch
- @YBLECOL you're a sad man, Barker! (When do I get my hands on some white kit?!)3:08 PM Jul 2nd from web in reply to YBLECOL
- My mate Ed (@amazonwalkers) stumbles across an electric eel in the Amazon rainforest. As you do. http://is.gd/1lChy3:05 PM Jul 2nd from web
- RT @acitrano “Let your real passions guide you, not meaningless competitions you don't benefit by winning.” [David Niven]9:23 AM Jul 2nd from web
- @AloneInTheWild I posted a link on solitude vs. loneliness this morning - http://is.gd/1lk176:03 AM Jul 2nd from web in reply to AloneInTheWild
- @al_humphreys points out we're halfway through 2009 http://is.gd/1llzK and suggests a mid-year resolution. I like that idea.3:16 AM Jul 2nd from web
- Solitude vs. loneliness http://is.gd/1lk17 (I couldn't agree more)2:38 AM Jul 2nd from web
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- Name Ben Saunders
- Location London
- Web http://www.bensau...
- Bio Youngest and third in history to reach North Pole solo ('Ten times as dangerous as Everest' - Reinhold Messner), longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton
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