Your personal guide to Flourishing in the Digital Age , using human-powered endeavours

Tales of Adventure, by Hiatus.Design, has been designed as a sanctuary for the modern-day explorer.

 

We understand the struggles of balancing work, bills, responsibility and the longing for something more.

That’s why we light the path to accessible adventures that invigorate the soul, stimulate the mind, and ultimately, promote positive mental health.

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Tales of Adventure is led by Chris Shirley MA FRGS, a former Captain in the British Royal Marines and advisor at the BBC, he founded the Hiatus.Design web and brand studio to find cost-effective design solutions for start-ups, scale-ups and special projects.

He has travelled in over 60 countries on 6 different continents and loves remote places, innovative new ideas, physically, socially, and mentally challenging himself, and has:

- rowed across the Atlantic Ocean (where he achieved his second world record)

- completed the infamous Marathon des Sables,

- ran marathons and climbed mountains in really remote places (such as Afghanistan & Kyrgyzstan),

- finished the Devizes to Westminster canoe race,

- fully traversed the Aonach Eagach ridgeline,

- summited Mont Blanc,

- built earthquake shelters in remote Nepal,

- ‘crossed the line’ with King Neptune at the centre of the world (aka ‘Null Island’),

- Planned and co-ordinated a live TV stunt in central London involving Bear Grylls,

- jumped out of planes,

… and much more!

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The route up of Mont Blanc by Haus of Hiatus