Alastair Humphreys - Grand Adventures

Alastair Humphreys

CONTENTS

Part 1
PLAN

Part 2
CHOOSE

Biography portraits kindly supplied by the individual contributors.

Tom Allen

Adventure Travel Writer & Film-maker

Cycled, packrafted, walked, hitch-hiked and rode horses on five continents.

@tom_r_allen tomsbiketrip.com

Paul Archer

Entrepreneur and International Taxi Driver

Drove around the world in a London Black Cab.

@paul_k_archer daredevilproject.com

Mark Beaumont

Adventurer, Cyclist, Author, Broadcaster

Cycled around the world, length of the Americas and Africa. Also rowed through the Arctic and survived capsize whilst rowing the Atlantic.

@MrMarkBeaumont markbeaumontonline.com

Rachel Beswetherick

Adventurer and Author

Walked 325 km in memory of World War II Prisoners of War who built the infamous Death Railway in Thailand and Burma.

@intrepidgirl

intrepid-girl.com, deathrailwaywalk.com

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent

Travel Writer

Numerous slightly silly vehicle-powered expeditions around the globe.

@AntsBK theitinerant.co.uk

Dave Bouskill and Deb Corbeil

Travel and Adventure Bloggers

Six years of non-stop travel and adventure to more than 100 countries on all seven continents.

@theplanetd theplanetd.com

Jamie Bowlby-Whiting

Low-budget Explorer and Author: I want to live a life from which I dont need a holiday

Hitch-hiked tens of thousands of miles, rafted the Danube, and walked across Iceland.

@jamierbw greatbigscaryworld.com

Jamie Bunchuk

Journalist, Adventurer and Distance Runner

Ran across the Steppe of Misfortune, Rode horses across Kazakhstan, lived with indigenous hunters in Tajikistan and Mongolia.

@bunchuk jamiemaddison.com

Karl Bushby

Adventurer

Global journey on foot.

@bushby3000 bushby3000.com

Kevin Carr

Ultra Explorer, Adventurer and Motivational Speaker

The fastest man around the world: ran coast-to-coast across four continents, closing a continuous loop around the world in record time.

@hardwayround hardwayround.com

James Castrission

Adventurer

Kayaked the Tasman Sea and first unsupported return journey from the coast of Antarctica and back.

@MyAdventurGroup myadventuregroup.com.au

Nic Conner

Normal Guy who went Cycling

Cycled from London to Tokyo with only 1,000.

@aroundinagrand facebook.com/aroundinagrand

Paula Constant

Author

Walked the Sahara with camels.

@PaulaConstant paulaconstant.com

Sean Conway

Endurance Adventurer

First person to complete a length of Britain triathlon.

@conway_sean seanconway.com

Tim Cope

Author, Long Rider, Film-maker

Three years on horse from Mongolia to Hungary, Russia to Beijing by Bike, Siberia to the Arctic by rowboat.

@timcopejourneys timcopejourneys.com

Will Copestake

Freelance Outdoor Leadership

Kayaked around Scotland and climbed the winter Munros in a year. Walked across Iceland, Kayak guided in Patagonia.

@WillCopestake willcopestakemedia.com

Dave Cornthwaite

Adventurer

Expedition1000: 25 non-motorised journeys over 1,000 miles.

@DaveCorn davecornthwaite.com

Karen Darke

Athlete and Adventurer

Two decades of expeditions by bike, sea kayak and sit-ski and six years as a Paralympian (British Cycling Team).

@kdarke karendarke.com

Kyle Dempster

Coffee Shop Owner

Professional alpinist who once rode a bike through Kyrgyzstan.

kyledempster.blogspot.com

Iain Denley

Dream Chaser

Cycled Europe and South America.

@DennersHQ dennershq.com

Steve Dew-Jones

Journalist, Author and Semi-Professional Hitch-hiker

Hitch-hiked from England to Malaysia in 2008, then Argentina to Alaska in 2014.

@stevedewjones theruleofthumb2.wordpress.com