Adventure & Discovery
“We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.” -Anonymous
Adventure and discovery are good friends, they go together. Adventure is an exciting experience marked by risk, uncertainty, and the possibility of danger. It is venturing into the unknown. Adventure may include exploration, travelling, extreme sport, mountain climbing and river rafting. An adventure creates psychological arousal such as anxiety, fear, and enjoyment but could also achieve a greater goal in the pursuit of knowledge and discovery.
An adventure involves risk and brings some form of personal growth. It should be remarkable. To discover is to learn or to see something for the first time. Discovery is learning or finding something for the first time.
A History Of Discovery On Adventures
This is arguably the most amazing adventure of all time. An adventure, pun intended, out of this world. Neil Armstrong and the crew of Apollo 11 encountered risks that were literally out of this world. They could have been lost in space forever could there have been engine failure. They could have been suffocated by their space-suits be cooked alive by solar radiation. But they did it and landed on the moon. The entire planet was engrossed in the thrill of human achievement and discovery.
Charles Darwin, a naturalist of world repute and a household name, took a five-year voyage on the H.M.S Beagle that would change the world as we understand it. Though his adventure and discoveries, he single-handedly changed our understanding of human and natural existence and the face of modern science. He explored the Galapagos Island along the coast of South America. After noting that each island had identical species that differed in size and structure, he deduced the theory of natural selection. Organisms with certain adaptive traits survive and pass them on to their offspring.
"The Earth is blue ... it is amazing," These were the words of Yuri Gagarin in 1961. The first human being in space. He was a 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the earth in a crude 10-ft wide Vostok I craft flying more than a hundred and seventy-seven kilometres above the earth.
The ancient people were not uncivilised. This is what Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove. He did this in remarkably life-threatening ways. In the Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, the Norwegian sailed eight thousand kilometres in a primitive hand-built raft across the Pacific. He did this to prove that ancient people made long sea voyages too. He used a papyrus reed boat to sail from the west coast of Africa to Barbados. Talk of a daredevil.
His book on adventure became a best seller. How could it not be! A guy is willing to risk his life in an unimaginable way to prove a point.
Short Stories
Short stories are enjoyable and can help the reader to identify different writing styles. It improves imagination scope and vocabulary. It additionally enhances your writing skills.
Are You A Spectacular
Storyteller?
Storyteller?
Now short storytelling is an art and even writing them takes a bit of practice to get to the core message and central focus, working within a tight framework. So, I thought I would invite you to share in my next big endeavour. This will take place in two parts so if you are a writer but enjoy curling up by the fire with a hot cupper and enjoy a nice story, I would love to invite you to become a Happy London Story Maker.
Well, what might this be I hear you say...Well, let me explain some more. We want to create a short story competition and make a beautiful creative hardback book of short stories with contemporary photographs. And to make sure every entry has been fairy read and rated, we need volunteer readers to pre-select and shortlist several stories for the judges to choose the finalists.
We would like to invite you to become a Happy London Story Maker (unless you want to wait a while and submit an entry into the competition). So here is the plan and what to do;
Each story will be up to 800 to 1000 words long. Good clean fiction. All you need to do to get involved is sign up and register to become a HappyLdn Story Maker.
Send an email to Clare marked ''I would like to become a HappyLDN Story Maker
to happylondon@gmx.co.uk
Looking forward to sharing the pleasures of reading with you!!
Adventure & Discovery Authors
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Voted 11th in the BBC 100 greatest Britons, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1822) was a renowned Irish Antarctic explorer and author. In his book “South: The Endurance Expedition,” Shackleton details his determinations to cross the Antarctic by sledge. His tale of adventure turns to a story of survival and sheer willpower and endurance. It is a thrilling read that will have you anxious and engrossed. The ship becomes trapped in the ice and would remain there for ten straight months. The crew is forced to set on foot to a whaling station, which is not nearby.
Stephen Ambrose
A long-time professor of history and a biographer, Stephen Ambrose is a bestselling author of many volumes of popular American history. In his book “Undaunted Courage,” he offers an insightful look into the adventures of Meriwether Lewis in his Lewis and Clark expedition. The expedition took place from 1804 to 1806 to find a practical route across the western half of the North American continent.
Christopher Columbus
Arguably the most famous of all travellers and discoverers of new lands, Christopher Columbus also wrote. He chronicled his journey in 1492 and all the expeditions later. His journals on the journey are captured in his book “The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives.” After deciding to go West rather than East, the Italian explorer and colonizer completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. His voyages ‘discovered’ a new world for conquest.
Isabella Lucy Bird
Isabella Lucy Bird was an English explorer, an author, photographer, founded the John Bishop Memorial hospital in Srinagar. She was also elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She wrote numerous works, many dealing with travelling and adventure. Six Months in the Sandwich Islands, amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes (1874) is one of her popular works. The book covers her adventure and discoveries in Hawaii, where she stayed for six months among the locals learning their culture, horsemanship, landscape, and vegetation.
Wide Illumination
by author
Tom Rubens
''Set in the mid-1960s, this second novel in the trilogy shows Richard
Lane continuing his studies in English Literature at university.
These studies become a springboard for a frank sharing of
ideas with a circle of other male students. Their conversations are partly to do with moral attitudes and with differences in social position.''
A University Student's Encounter
During his first summer vacation,
he visits Germany and meets a
female German student named
Helga, with whom he develops an
intimate understanding, enriched
by sexual pleasure.
Available on Kindle
Adventure & Discovery Authors & Their Stories
Peter Fleming
Peter Fleming was the brother of Ian Fleming of James Bond. He was educated at Westminster School, London, he first worked for BBC Television before venturing into writing. He wrote many travel adventures, including “Brazilian Adventure.” He started writing early in his life at Eton College where he edited the Eton College Chronicles.
Robyn Davidson
Robyn Davidson is better known for her long treks across the West Australian Deserts using camels and her writing. She refused a scholarship in music to venture in travelling and writing.
Jon Krakauer
A member of the doomed expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, Jon Krakauer is the author of bestselling real-life adventure books, including Into the Wild, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Into Thin Air. He began his writing as a journalist for Outside. He gave up his part-time work as a carpenter and fisherman to concentrate on writing in 1983. The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him Arts and Letters award in 1999.
Tim Jeal
Better known for his biographies, Tim Jeal, is a British novelist who has written on notable Victorians. His notable adventure discovery works include Stanley: “The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer” and “Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure.”
Calling Short Story Lovers!
We love to provide opportunities for talented podcasters with authentic content. We have an opportunity for podcasters with great content. All you have to do is read three of our short stories and submit your recording to our contact page through the link below:
We hope you enjoyed the adventure, please do let us know which story you have enjoyed the most.
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