Stories

22nd October 2023

Living for a year in fancy dress

In October 2022, Bear Intentions finished a year of total silence. He then jumped straight into a year of only wearing fancy dress in public. This is his story.

13th May 2021

Dawn Days: photographer Mike Guest on the power of ocean swimming in the blue hour

To fulfil his need for adventure during lockdown, Mike Guest, a photographer and filmmaker who had spent his life travelling the world, had to try to see the world through different eyes. Specifically, seal eyes.

11th March 2021

The Lombok surfers mobilising the community against single-use plastic

The Indonesian island of Lombok, a surfing paradise next to Bali, has a huge plastic problem. Stephanie Conway reports on how surfers are spearheading efforts to outlaw single-use plastics on the island.

8th January 2021

Cycling the UK to interview older womxn living lives of adventure

Nagged by doubts about living a life of adventure as she gets older, Frankie Dewar decided to hunt for role models, cycling nearly 2000 miles around the UK to interview older womxn still living adventurously.

Authors

Rosie Riley

Co-Founder/Director of Adventure Uncovered, writer and dedicated North Sea surfer who settles for cycling, running and outdoor swimming when in London. Advocate and promoter of sustainability and clean technology in the UK corporate sector and developing countries.

David Lyons

David Lyons works in communications for Tomorrow's Cities, a global research programme into reducing disaster risk for underserved communities in growing cities. Three years living on the Hebridean island of Coll in his 20s cemented David's love of the outdoors, and he tries to balance his urban-focussed job with as many surfing, climbing and cycling adventures as possible.

Bear Intentions

Bear Intentions is a personal trainer, yoga and meditation teacher, and massage therapist. He's fascinated by health and how to best manage tension. And so, in September 2020, to further his understanding, he created a four-year rite of passage: The 4 Years of Intention.

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