Stories from the Field
Field notes from the people who run the trips
Operator interviews, recce reports, and the occasional letter. Written from the ground, not the marketing desk.
Letter · 3 min
People to share the adventure with
Why Atlas51 is building a community around people who want to get out there and share the experience.
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Letter · 10 min
Where the hell is Matt? How a family PC in Birmingham led to Atlas51
One video, a song I couldn’t get out of my head, and a sixteen-year-old who wanted to see the world.
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Letter · 3 min
“Adventure Travel”: What comes next?
The problem isn’t finding somewhere to go. It’s finding somewhere that still feels like genuine discovery.
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Letter · 4 min
What if I’m not adventurous enough?
Most people browse adventure holidays and have absolutely no idea whether they’ve got the drive to actually go on one.
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Journal · 3 min
Sierra Leone: By any means. How did we come up with that?
Some trips leave you with memories. Others leave you with unfinished business.
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Journal · 7 min
Two weeks in the Okavango Delta
A cargo boat hits a hippo, eight strangers become a kayak crew, and the roads disappear for two weeks in Botswana.
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Journal · 5 min
I'm having a bit of that
One untagged photograph, the best part of a year working out what it was, and then eight days of off-piste, cat-skiing, horses in six feet of snow and a bar in an abandoned fuel tank.
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