Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) We all take the simple stuff for granted; running water, roof over our heads, hot showers. Well a few people who have reason to appreciate these simple pleasures have been telling National Geographic Blog about their “5 Best Things about Returning to Civilisation” (Celebrity Edition!). I read about this via the Adventure Blog! Have a read of what these celebrity nomadic adventurers miss most when they’re away from home. Julie and Colin Angus circumnavigated the Globe under human power, listed these:

5 HOT SHOWER After living in the same outfit for more than a week and being covered with a layer of grim that you mistook for a suntan until it washed down the drain, a little hot water and soap work miracles.
4 FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST Oatmeal and cowboy coffee are great, but bacon, eggs, toast, baked beans, sausages, and real coffee are better.
3 READING THE NEWSPAPER Because it’s nice to find out what happened in the world while we were away.
2 A ROOF Because sometimes it’s nice to get out of the rain/snow/hail/wind.
1 A GLEAMING PORCELAIN TOILET WITH AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF TOILET PAPER AND TOTAL PRIVACY Because, well, you know.

Care to share your list? I think mine would include having access to a supply of clean dry socks. ;-)

-Aisling-

Image from National Geographic is of big-wall climber Mike Libecki.