Sublime

OVER TO YOU • List all the ‘no buts’ you were shouting at me.

There had been years of planning, and now, just as my solo was starting in earnest, the whole narrative changed. Glancing for a minute at the satellite image map, I searched for an alternate path. I mentally recited the mantra that I knew to be true after years of experience—that the plan falling apart is a natural part of any worthwhile adventure.

‘Never underestimate the big importance of small things.’

central to any adventure is camaraderie and the science of a smile.

This combines being proactive with a real sense of purpose. Enthusiasm is infectious in a good way.

the joy of sharing the miles and the journey with like-minded people.

“There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.”

Greg Dening