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An Evening of Endurance

Al Humphreys — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:25:07 +0000

On the evening of 2 February 2012, a collection of adventurers will assemble, at the Royal Geographic Society to take part in “An Evening of Endurance”. Each adventurer will entertain the audience for 15-20 minutes with their individual tales from epic journeys undertaken over mountains, oceans, deserts, ice caps and the world’s longest rivers.

The evening is in aid of the Light Dragoons Colonel’s Appeal which is raising money for soldiers badly injured and families bereaved during recent operations in Afghanistan. What makes the evening extra special is that all the adventurers have a military link – many have served or are still serving in the Army.

Speakers include:-

CAPTAIN GUY DISNEY A record breaking dash to the North Pole.
Guy lost his leg in battle in Afghanistan. Despite his injury, Guy trekked with 3 other wounded servicemen to the North Pole. Their effort broke records and was covered by a BBC documentary – ‘Harry’s Arctic Heroes’.

COLONEL EWEN CAMERON 436 miles on horseback in three and a half days.
Ewen rode on horseback from London to Edinburgh – retracing the journey made in 1603 by the messenger who carried the news to James I that Elizabeth I had died.

CAPTAIN JAMES KAYLL 75 days at sea
Afghanistan veteran James recently rowed the Indian ocean along with 3 crewmates. His adventure included swimming with a whale and a near-miss with an ocean liner. Their boat became the first fours boat to ever cross the Indian Ocean unsupported. James has just been officially recognised as the first person to both row and sail across the Indian Ocean

CAPTAIN (retd) ED STAFFORD 860 days walking the Amazon
Ed Stafford is the first known man to walk the length of the Amazon river from the source to the sea. No-one had ever attempted it before and everyone said that it couldn’t be done…

LUCY RIVERS BULKELEY Desert Racer
Lucy (daughter and granddaughter of army officers) became the first European woman to complete the 4 Desert Challenge in one calendar year. It comprised a series of seven-day, 250-kilometer (155 mile) self-supported races across the largest and most forbidding deserts on Earth, with competitors carrying their own equipment, food and clothes.

GEORDIE STEWART Mountain Man
Earlier this year Geordie stood at the summit of Mt Everest as the youngest Briton to climb the 7 highest peaks in the world. Geordie is still only a student and plans to join the Army on completion of his studies.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIMON MAYALL Pakistan on horseback
A senior serving officer who has been at the helm of much of what has gone on in Afghanistan in the past two years, has adventured on horse back in some of the most remote parts of the globe.

CAPTAIN (retd) GEOFFREY STANFORD Lessons from Everest
Geoffrey has led climbing expeditions to some of the world’s highest mountains, including to the summit of Mount Everest. His most recent expedition was an attempt to climb Lhotse, the technically challenging, fourth highest mountain in the world.

Buy tickets for this exciting, worthwhile event here: “An Evening of Endurance”

Motivational Speaker needed in the North West this Thursday (27th October)

Al Humphreys — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:47:17 +0000

The Challenge Network are a national charity aiming to inspire and connect young people to strengthen their communities. This summer over three thousand 16 year olds took part in their summer programme, ‘The Challenge’, which involved meeting peers from different backgrounds, spending a week in the outdoors, carrying out local community action projects and working with a number of different charities.

On Thursday 27th October we are hosting a Graduation event for all of our North West participants to celebrate their fantastic achievements. We are looking for someone to speak at this event in order to encourage and inspire our young people to continue their good work.

The event will be taking place at the DW stadium in Wigan.

If you are interested in helping us out with this please contact email hidden; JavaScript is required or call 07908943555

Night of Adventure Bristol

Al Humphreys — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:12:57 +0000

Thank you to everyone who came and supported Night of Adventure Bristol which was proudly sponsored by the Bristol office of national law firm Beachcroft LLP. A fantastic £12,000 was raised on the night for Hope and Homes for Children!

A special thanks goes to all our amazing speakers – Benedict Allen, Dave Cornthwaite, Ann Daniels, Tristan Gooley, Astrid Domingo Molyneux, Bonita Norris, Ed Stafford, Andy Torbet, Austin Vince and Dan Wedgwood – for their inspiring talks; our sponsors Beachcroft LLP for their invaluable support and all the companies that kindly donated prizes for the raffle – RAB, Alpkit, Cotswold, Ellis Brigham, Wanderlust magazine and howies. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Night of Adventure Bristol

Al Humphreys — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:02:33 +0000

A few more tickets have been made available for the Night of Adventure in Bristol on October 17th.

Please do come along if you live nearby. Or if you know anyone in Bristol please forward this link to them. I really want to get yet another full house. It will be a great night. Look who is speaking…

Not bad for £20, and every penny goes to Hope and Homes for Children…

Buy Your Ticket Here

Packrafting Iceland Pecha Kucha

Al Humphreys — Fri, 20 May 2011 08:15:36 +0000

For my talk at the recent Night of Adventure night I decided to focus on how easy it is to undertake an expedition: you need to commit to a project and you need to get it up and running. You don’t necessarily need skill, money or talent…

Here’s my 400 seconds’ worth:

If you enjoyed this perhaps you’d like to come to the Scottish Night of Adventure in Edinburgh in June? If you know anyone who lives near Edinburgh please do share this link with them: I’ve got to sell a lot of tickets and need some help!