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Alastair Humphreys
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Alastair Humphreys's personal blog at alastairhumphreys.com covers culture. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Alastair Humphreys' site for the microadventures idea of short, local, low-cost outings, and for his adventure and travel writing, which one commenter calls a lot of great reads.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Alastair Humphreys . Our mission is to inspire everyday adventure coupled with purpose, healing both people and the planet.
What Hacker News says?
Go new places, explore! Doesn't have to cost money or be a big deal - just your neighbourhood/area/town on foot or bike. Or maybe Micro Adventures: https://alastairhumphreys.com/microadventures-landing/
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on “Magnasanti: The Largest and Most Terrifying SimCity (2010)”Submitted Getting out there and making adventure happen as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI'm trying to apply the idea of microadventures [1] to the internet, allowing folks to have nice 5 minute breaks on the internet. I don't know if it will catch on - but it's something I need to be honest, so I mainly built it for myself! Currently, it's set up as a daily (short) newsletter with a different link each day, but I'm trying to learn marketing to figure out how to get others interested. I've enjoyed creat…
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on “Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)”He mentioned Alastair Humphreys' site but didn't seem to link to it (lot of great reads): http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/ . Here is the route of his around world on a bike trip: http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/adventures/roundtheworldbyb...
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on “I skateboarded 85km from Sydney to Wollongong. It took me 12 hours”I like the name that Alastair Humphreys uses, it's not 100% the same but the same direction: Microadventures https://alastairhumphreys.com/product/microadventures/
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on “Travel Locally, Where You Are”Some just do it, sans Java Enterprise code exposure. Cope's expeditions include riding a recumbent bicycle 10,000 km across Russia to Beijing (2000) with fellow Australian Chris Hatherly; rowing a boat down the Yenisei River in Siberia to the Arctic Ocean in 2001 with adventurers Ben Kozel, Colin Angus and Remy Quinter; and riding on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary which spanned over three years (2004–2007) and 1…
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on “I defected from America to live with nomads in Central Asia”stevepavlina.com - It's not a patch on what it was in its heyday but I still check a few times a year. jamesaltucher.com - I can't say I've ever actually learned anything useful on the site, but I still enjoy James's writing. I found a few of the podcasts of interest - although most is the usual baloney of people thinking they are God's Gift and are just there to flog their tat. lifepassionandbusiness.com - new but…
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on “20 Top Personal Development Blogs for 2019”