{"id":3644,"date":"2017-06-07T07:14:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T07:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:10:00","slug":"mountain-madness-by-corinna-leenen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorteddev\/mountain-madness-by-corinna-leenen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain madness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mad \u2013 that\u2019s the typical adjective most people choose when I tell them about my new expedition. They will listen for a while but are primarily eager to get in a second-hand anecdote of a climber who died or a story they heard of a recent polar bear attack. Attempts to go through the detailed risk assessments and give a reality check to the horror stories are usually met by patronising smiles. You shouldn\u2019t have asked the question, then, I think; you know expeditions are what I do.<\/p>\n

I am not pretending to be Ranulph Fiennes, self-proclaimed \u2018mad, bad and dangerous to know\u2019 adventurer. But madness is relative. For this sports-hating schoolgirl who\u2019s never touched skis before, it certainly brinks on madness to sign up to a 150-mile crossing of a polar plateau, dragging a 20kg pulk and cursing my own ambition. That was in February. Now I\u2019m ready for the next big thing.<\/p>\n

Madness seems to be a common thread in adventure \u2013 it will get you more funding, more exposure, more people buying yo...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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