The Art of Fastpacking / Men’s Running

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tweet-fastpackIn Men’s Running magazine this October, you can read our story of wild camping and running 156miles through harvest-ready fields along The North Downs Way.

 

It’s an introduction to fastpacking – a fusion of hiking and running where light rucksacks mean you can cover long distances quick.

Men’s Running magazine commissioned words and photography for an adventure-special 6-page spread.

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Salomon Glen Coe Skyline™ / Red Bull

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Red Bull wanted an inspiring make-me-feel-I’m-there-on-the-mountain-with-you story from the UK’s hardest and most dangerous running race.

Completing the race’s 55km with 4,700m of ascent felt like feeding my quadriceps very slowly through a meat grinder. People clearly like that kind of schadenfreude stuff and Red Bull quickly pumped my suffering out on their global channel to an audience of 2.14million.

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Adventure Film Festival Director / Red Bull

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“Hi, my name’s Kyle. It’s seven o’clock in the morning, and I’m naked in Kyrgyzstan!”

That’s the opening line from The Road To Karakol, which screened at Matt Heason’s annual Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF) in 2014.

This month for Red Bull I interviewed the man behind the choices behind the cameras at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival.

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Tribal Trails / Trail Runner magazine USA

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The indigenous Rapa Nui people of Easter Island believed for 500 years they were the only people left on Earth. In the USA this September you can read about the barefoot, banana carrying trail race that is the product of such isolation and sporting heritage.

The article was a collaborative effort with Los Angeles photographer and friend James Kao who I met on the island in February 2016. The article was published in the print edition of Trail Runner magazine. You can now read the full article online. 

Race Director Interview / Red Bull, Jobs in Adventure

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[:en]There’s one man behind the UK’s wildest running races. This month for Red Bull adventure I interviewed Shane Ohly for their Jobs In Adventure series. The article is supported by Ian Corless’ photography. 

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Cover shot issue 4 / Ultra

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Cover shot for issue 4 of Ultra magazine accompanied my “Full Circle Patagonia” article, describing our attempt to run the classic 100km O Trek in one big wild day out – complete with pumas and glaciers and some rather spectacular scenery.