Alastair Humphreys Adventurer | Author | Motivational Speaker

Friday Pecha Kucha – Hope and Homes for Children

I recently arranged a fundraising event for Hope and Homes for Children.
The idea was simple: each speaker would have 20 slides, which scroll after just 20 seconds. This gives the speaker a mere 6 minutes and 40 seconds to speak. It is a fast, furious, fiendishly difficult speaking format that results in a fun, unusual, [...]

Phil Packer and Kate Silverton climb Three Peaks

Phil Packer, who suffered severe spinal injuries in 2008, has joined forces with BBC’s Kate Silverton to embark on an inspirational challenge for Sport Relief.
On March 5th, the daring duo will take the first step on an extraordinary journey to the summits of the three highest peaks in the UK – Ben Nevis, Scafell [...]

Take the long and winding road

This month’s guest blog comes from Dan Harrison. Dan was a normal bloke with a normal job and normal life. Then he decided to cycle to Africa…
“About this time two years ago I glanced out of the window on the train to work and the idea hit me; cycle to South Africa. Now I’m doing [...]

A Night of Adventure

Following my visit to the work of Hope and Homes for Children in Sierra Leone I decided to arrange a fund-raising event. The “Night of Adventure” was a great success and there are calls for a repeat sometime soon. I hope you will come along. If you would like to be informed when the [...]

Expedition Film Premiere

A friend of mine, Olly Hicks, is showing the premiere of his film, Tenacity on the Tasman in London on November 19th.
It will definitely be worth going along to see. Olly had a torrid time out on the ocean but his endless good humour in the face of adversity and his daily chats with his [...]

Phil Packer – Pride of Britain

My mate Phil won the Pride of Britain Fundraiser of the Year award last night. I am so proud and chuffed to know him! Fantastic!
Watch this little clip from the awards, then please click here.

Peace One Day

Every so often you see a film or read a book that fires you towards action. The film Peace One Day blew me away. Truly motivational.
The film charts the remarkable 10-year journey of filmmaker Jeremy Gilley to establish an annual Peace Day on 21 September. The camera follows Gilley as he galvanises the countries [...]

Phil reaches his Million!

Fantastic news: Phil’s made it to a million quid!
Here’s a video about his new project:

Phil Packer walking the London Marathon

Danfung, the photographer who accompanied Phil and I on our Channel row has now made this little video about Phil’s heroic last place (!) in the London Marathon. He is creeping ever closer to his amazing £1million target. You can read Phil’s latest news here.

Phil’s now training with Andy Kirkpatrick for his next challenge…

Racing Round the World with Sustrans

140 Sustrans Bike It schools are competing to virtually cycle around the world following my route! The winning school will win £1000 for their Bike It activities and there are also lots of regional prizes to be won. Bike It is an exciting and successful Sustrans project; more than 40 Bike It Officers [...]