Poetic (mis)adventures

Out in the world.

Desert races, mountain paths, places, people, and the poetry along the way.

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Desert journals, mountain paths & poetic (mis)adventures

Long ways from home.

Photograph from Peter’s personal archive

Adventure / Egypt · Sahara · 2008

Sahara: The Long Way Through

The journey begins, the hare meets the turtle, and the desert keeps going. Twelve recovered chapters from the Sahara, with the original race photographs.

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Adventure / 2008-07-18

The Thursday night adventure email

Hey All, Did a 2mile swim at 5:30 in the evening and 4 hour bike ride out of the city and up to the Namhan Sansong Mountain range. Came down the steep, windy side in the dark. No lights on the road but my weak headlight spitting out into…

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Photograph from Peter’s personal archive

Adventure / 2000-11-08

Nepal

Nepal Trek Oct. 18 - Nov. 9, 2000 Rushing away from the fallen dream of Shangri-La as I readied myself for my pilgrimage of the spirit, I never realized I’d return to find Katmandu as I did. No, not a Mecca of spiritual bliss that I had so…

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Adventure / 2009-09-06

TransAlpine Race - Day 1

After three days of rain and a chilly turn of events here in Southern Germany, the start of the TransAlpine race’s was welcomed with a sunny, albeit chilly morning. Today, with my teammate Stuart Lotherington of London, England and I will…

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Adventure / 2010-03-08

Tarawera thoughts

Came across this as I visited another racer's site and thought it summed it up too well to leave alone... I embark on my next adventure across New Zealand soon. The Tarawera Ultramarathon Run - 100km course from Rotorua to Kawerau in the…

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Adventure / 2010-03-14

Winded

or Hangin in Hua Hin with humans in flight Have arrived in Hua Hin, Thailand to do some beach running and relaxing on my way down to the race in Rotorua. The run today was, if not on the Edge of insanity, pretty near it with intense heat…

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