On Tuesday I went to a road block disco in central London. I was writing a story for the Royal Geographical Society magazine about the new environmental activism group Stop Killing Londoners. I could have told the story from the sidelines. But when they initially walked out and sat down in front of three lanes of rush hour traffic; I knew I would have to join them to tell the story properly.
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In November 2016 I plunged a vertical mile into the Grand Canyon’s trail network with my friend James Kao. We crossed the Colorado River at nightfall, then hiked out the other side by moonlight. On July 4th 2017 the Guardian published my story and photography from the adventure. There’s an extract below.
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In 2016 I spent five months in Chile’s coastal and cultural capital, Valparaíso.
Walking the streets and by interviewing locals I wrote the feature and shot the photos for the January issue of Geographical magazine. The first page of the investigative story about the UNESCO status of the city; how it is being developed and who benefits from it is readable below.
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Raising Valparaíso : RGS Geographical magazine
I have been writing about travels in Chile for a few years now. In a country that stretches over 2,500miles it takes some effort to get to its most extreme ends from the central capital of Santiago. In May however we wrapped up our tandem bicycle in a couple of bike boxes and boarded a plane to the northern city of Calama.
Our ambitious plan was to cycle a backcountry mountainous loop, climbing to over 4500m above sea level in the Atacama Desert. I’m sure Outdoor Fitness editor John Shepherd thought it was a mad idea, but when we returned safely with a wild photo set he agreed to a 6 page feature in the 2016 winter issue. On sale now across the UK.
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Rapa Nui people believed for 500 years they were the only people left on Earth.
The BBC were interested in how the Rapa Nui’s February festival of Tapati expresses the character and story of these remote island people. I spent three weeks on Easter island. This article for BBC Travel explores what I found.
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