‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ Geographical Adventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity. So what’s a microadventure? It’s close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100% guaranteed to refresh your
Adventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity.
So what’s a microadventure? It’s close to home, cheap, simple, short and 100% guaranteed to refresh your life. A microadventure takes the spirit of a big adventure and squeezes it into a day or even a few hours.
The point of a microadventure is that you don’t need lots of time and money to meet a new challenge. This practical guide is filled with ideas for microadventures – for you to experience on your own or with friends and family – and over 150 stunning photographs, plus tips and advice on safety and kit.
Whether it’s sleeping on a hilltop or going for a wild swim, cycling a lap of the Isle of Wight or walking home for Christmas, it’s time you discovered something new about yourself and the world outside your window. Adventure is everywhere, every day and it is up to us to find it.
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A Local Blog Posing as a Book Aside from adding the term”micro-adventure” to my vocabulary and conciosness this book feels like a collection of blog posts and unnecessary photos. Unfortunately it was not worth the purchase price or the time it took to read through.Readers beware: it’s extremely UK centric, so any suggestions at microadventure locations will prove useless.
you are not what you say you’ll do, you are what you do I loved this book and the way it changed how I look at “adventure”.I’ve been fortunate to have traveled, backpacked, and hiked all over the world, all of which were big productions requiring major investments of time, money, and effort. Mr. Humphrey’s lovely book has opened my eyes to the possibilities around me which, while not requiring the investments of my other adventures, are not diminished. I’ve had that same feelings of wonder and discovery on my micro-adventures as on my…
Great book, very nice photos and easy to read Great book, very nice photos and easy to read. Broken down into small chapters it gives a good flow into what you can do with limited time and/or resources. I think the best thing about this book that people often miss is that he gives you ideas to change your perspective on what’s around you. As others stated this book gives references to his experiences in Great Britain, which is where he resides, so that makes sense.However you can use the book for your own area and come up with ideas…