expedition
Guildford Explorers Drinks & Networking Evening – Thursday 1st December
We are delighted to confirm that James Sawyer has agreed to speak at Guildford Explorers on Thursday 1st December 2011.
Explore 2011 at RGS – early bird prices ends 14th October
The fieldwork and expedition planning event of the year is opening its doors again at the Royal Geographical Society: EXPLORE 2011 kicks off on 18th November.
Fieldskills Autumn Expedition Courses – EC Discount
Fieldskills have a range of expedition skills courses coming up in October and can offer all Explorers Connect members a 10% discount on most of the courses.
Historic Silk Road Expedition reaches the finish line!
After exactly 150 days on the road, having covered almost 10,000km on foot, Kevin Lin and Bai Bin from Running the Silk Road Expedition reached the finish line in Xi’an on the 16th September.
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Centenary Expedition 2014
A team of six adventurers are to follow in the footsteps of legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton by attempting to cross the Antarctic on foot.
Dave’s done it!
Our good friend Dave Cornthwaite has successfully travelled 2,400 miles along the Mississippi River on a stand up paddleboard (SUP.) Since June 20 he has been paddling from the source in Elk Lake Minnesota, and as he reached the Gulf he also broke the world record for the greatest distance travelled by SUP.
Atahuapa’s Ransom & Other Treasure Fables
Thanks to one of our readers for making us aware of this, published last Friday Friday in the Peruvian Times:
Success for Pole and Zambezi rowing teams
Jock Wishart and his crew of Old Pulteney have completed their extraordinary row to the Magnetic North Pole. The team, including adventurer Mark Beaumont, have become the first to row to any Arctic position.
Ellesmere Island curcumnavigation complete!
Back in May we reported about expedition leader and author Jon Turk setting off to attempt the first circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island in modern times. Now we can offer our congratulations, as he’s completed the incredible feat in 104 days!
