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HIKING ETHIOPIA’S SIMIEN MOUNTAINS
ROAD BIKES
MAKE THE PERFECT CHOICE
TEENA GATES ON BAGGING MUNROS
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Issue 63/Spring 2014
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A YUKON ODYSSEY
Rafting the Tatshenshini
WALKING WOUNDED
GETTING YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE SET-UP RIGHT
JOHN SHIELS TALKS PHOTOGRAPHY
THE SECRET OF MOTIVATION
PADDLING ULSTER’S RIVER BLACKWATER
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E X P L O R I N G
A sponsored surfer showing off in Ericeira, Portugal. (Photo: John Shiels – see p54)
A wild river ride
Mountain
biking bliss
36
4
Ed note
Kicking the habit
Deadly or Dodgy?
What we love and loathe
Rafting the Tatshenshini
44
4
50
Which
the
road bike?
Get
right wheels
Northern Ireland’s
newest trails
6
In numbers
8
It all adds up
Gallery
Our outdoor
10
world in pictures
Who’s who
Meet the contributors
54
61
48
42
Open-water swimming
Catch the new wave
Weird and
wonderful facts
The Winter Olympics
Life through a lens
In conversation with
John Shiels
My way
Paddling Ulster’s
Blackwater
58
14
16
Get off the
couch
Teena Gates on
Munro bagging
Protection plan
Get waterproofed
Getting the best from
your mountain bike
Improving your set-up
Get off your arse!
The
science of motivation
68
Ethiopian
escape
The Simien
mountains
18 
20
Walking wounded
Your bangs, bruises and
abrasions
Concern’s Kenya Tri
Challenge
An African adventure
74
Ireland’s first
wilderness area
Trekking the Nephin
Beg Range
2
Events calendar
Hot dates
80
28
News
What’s the story?
Get away from it all
40
Outsider Escapes
64
66
Your questions
answered
Miss
Adventure offers advice
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