Stories

16th September 2021

The team pushing the boundaries of visually impaired freeskiing

Visually impaired skier Mac Marcoux is a multi Winter Paralympics and World Championships gold medalist. Along with his guide Tristan Rodgers, he is now starting to redefine what is possible in visually impaired freeskiing. Our Editor Sam chatted with them on the cusp of a huge season.

8th July 2021

Carers adventure too

Jane Adams is a carer to her husband, but this doesn't mean that she isn't also an adventurer. Here she argues that our assumptions about who goes on adventures must change.

2nd May 2021

Hiking the uncanny valleys of Red Dead Redemption 2

A spinal injury has deprived Natalie Dunning of her beloved ability to freely explore outdoors. Finding some solace in the virtual landscapes of Red Dead Redemption 2 has surprised her, and suggests a stronger relationship between gaming and adventure than we might suppose.

21st April 2021

Travelling the World with an Underlying Health Condition

There was a point, I remember vividly, whilst walking through the trodden-down jungle surrounding Peru’s most famous attraction – and perhaps the world’s most famed ruins - when I had had enough.

Authors

Mac Marcoux

At just 15-years-old, Mac Marcoux was a Para-Alpine World Championships silver medalist. The Sault Ste. Marie born skier joined the team that season and finished his rookie World Cup year with a trio of podiums. In 2014, he made his Paralympic debut, and since then he has won five medals. Marcoux was the 2014 Para-Alpine Crystal Globe winner in both speed disciplines. He won his first of two overall Crystal Globes in 2018. In 2019/20, Marcoux and his guide Tristan Rodgers won eight gold medals en route to another Crystal Globe title. Mac is visually impaired, but that has not stopped him from dominating the skiing world while also hurtling down hills on his mountain bike in the offseason.

Joseph Cobb

Joseph is a freelance writer, videographer and editor living in Falmouth, Cornwall. Joseph's debut novel, Fat Boy, won the gold medal for Humour Fiction in the 2019/2020 Foreword INDIES competition and will be showcased at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair. The book also received a 5-star review by Readers' Favourite and was rated 8.5/10 by Publishers Weekly's BookLife. Joseph also has a strong background in screenwriting, having written and directed five highly acclaimed short films. He was nominated in Cork for the Young Filmmaker Award at the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival for his comedy caper GetAway, and his lucha libre themed short Corazón de León opened the All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival. Travelling the world is one of Joseph’s most sincere passions, as is writing about it.

Steve Bate

Steve Bate MBE is a tandem cyclist on the Great British Cycling Team and ParalympicsGB. He won two gold medals, a bronze and smashed the world record in the 4km pursuit at Rio 2016. Steve is also a keen climber.

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