Sidetracked magazine features personal stories of adventure. The aim is “to capture the emotion and experience of expeditions throughout the world”. This issue looks at motivations, obsessions, and the search for meaning.

In this issue:

• Hannes Becker, locked down on the Faroes, finds connection in a land of big skies and rugged coasts
• Nimsdai Purja defies expectations to summit K2 in winter with an all-Nepali team
• Sofía Mejía Llamas finds silence on skis in Japan
• In Peru, Fredrika Ek hallucinates while trying to bicycle a high-altitude pass