Two weeks ago, my boyfriend, Dad and I set off on a bikepacking trip. Our goal is to ride from… Read more: How Not to Prepare for Your Next Bikepacking Adventure

I wrote this poem taking off from Singapore airport on my way to Vancouver. Unfortunately I am traveling without my iPad so no drawings will be accompanying anything I write over the next two months. At least until I get home anyway. This also my first attempt at a poem and I know nothing about poetry so apologies if it breaks all the rules!

A week ago I moved to Hobart, or nipaluna as it is known in palawa kani, the language of the… Read more: A wild first week in Tassie

A couple of weeks ago, on a camping trip, I was climbing down from the roof of the car, having… Read more: Goodbye blue shorts, and thank you for your service

This year the Western Australian surfing community lost a real legend. I got to know Warren while growing up in… Read more: How Warren Thompson Taught Me Surfing’s Life Lessons

This summer I went camping with my boyfriend’s sister and her husband. They are Londoners. They inhabit a concrete world… Read more: How to make nature great again

Traveling through predominantly urban environments over the last 5 months, I have become increasingly frustrated with being separated from the… Read more: How I stopped being a nature snob

The first time I had anything to do with mountain bikes was on my gap year in 2009. I volunteered… Read more: Why mountain biking is the best thing that ever happened to me

Don’t get me wrong, I love adventuring with mates. Hanging out in the bush with your best pals makes for… Read more: An argument for the solo adventure

On Saturday we made it back to the UK after a 4000km road trip through Europe. Our faithful steed throughout… Read more: Ode to Poirot

Although now I quite happily call myself a trail runner, this was not always the case. I don’t exactly have… Read more: Running: My On-Again, Off-Again Life Partner

Sometimes you just have to choose the less sensible option

I love outdoor gear. Like really love it. When I walked into Mountain Equipment Co-op in Canada for the first… Read more: The coolest piece of gear… ever

I find when I am living my Regular Life, my mind is full of a constant barrage of Regular Life… Read more: Travel and the Big Picture

Welcome! My name is Issy Whitaker and I am a back of the pack trail runner, pretty ok mountain biker… Read more: Introducing Whit in the Wild