Look at the picture… standing there, imposing, intimidating, unflinching, never the same for longer than a second, watching over me, ever ticking. One day soon it will show 0:00:00. I will be heading into the unknown, wondering what lies ahead… have I done enough to make it to Australia? Am I ready? Have I got […]
afraid
What is failure?
‘I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.’ – Michael Jordan ‘Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits, who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that […]
I’m terrified – What scares me the most?
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela. When I tell people about the cycle, they often tell me how ‘brave’ I am. By brave, they seem to imagine I’m not scared or nervous; that’s not true, and in fact, if I was, I would […]
Today is not the day
I’m sitting in my kayak. Around 200 metres in the distance I can see a group of people. They are my safety. If I capsize, and fail to roll, they will throw a line at me to rescue me from the fast torrents of the river and whatever it hides below. Between me and them, […]
The hurdles in the way
In my last post I explained that in Spring 2015, I will be heading for Australia by bike. The thought of doing this is really pretty terrifying, but also incredibly exciting. When faced with a big challenge, I find it best to list everything stopping you achieving that, and then work on overcoming those ‘micro-challenges’. […]