Jim McNeill and Felicity Aston are the latest polar explorers to join Speakers from the Edge.
It’s 100 years since Captain Scott left Great Britain on his heroic mission to reach the hitherto untouched South Pole. Back in the early 1900s, the "heroic age of Antartctic Exploration" saw an international focus on polar expeditions, with several expeditions mapping Antarctica for the first time and collecting the first scientific data from both the polar regions.
Mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick is currently in America attempting to climb a route on El Capitan (El Cap) in under twenty-four hours. This 3000ft vertical rock formation is set in the stunning surroundings of Yosemite Valley and is one of the world’s favourite challenges for rock climbers.
British Cycling announced yesterday that Karen Darke will be one of the nine-strong team representing Great Britain at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Canada next month.
Karen impressed the coaches after winning two bronze medals at the Para-cycling World Cup in Spain in June. She will now join more than 500 athletes from 30 to 40 countries to take part in the World Championships.
On August 7th, adventurer Alastair Humphreys will be talking at Cyclescreen - Bristol’s first dedicated bike film festival.
This August, Mark Kalch will be giving all would be adventurers a chance to step into his world and learn the essential tools necessary to embark on their very own expedition. His 3-day Expedition School in the French Pyrenees will include a fantastic range of activities, from white-water rafting to mountain trekking and include loads of practical sessions on how to plan an expedition.
Dee Caffari and Hannah McKeand are the latest speakers to join our portfolio of motivational speakers this week.
It’s long been our intention to increase the number of inspirational women on our books, and we are really pleased to welcome British yachtswoman Dee and polar explorer Hannah to Speakers from the Edge.
So what particularly inspired us about Dee and Hannah? They have both demonstrated real courage, determination and motivation, not only in completing grueling challenges and breaking world-records, but crucially in doing these things alone.
Next week record breaking ocean rower Sarah Outen will be teaming up with adventurer Dave Cornthwaite to Stand up Paddle between Bath and London.
Kenton emailed this report on his record-breaking 8th summit on his way down from Everest:
"On May 17th 2010 I stood on the summit of Mount Everest for a record 8th time. The initial part of the day went very well, in fact it went like clockwork, while the second half of the day as you may have read in the Observer this weekend was slightly less than prefect. I’ll outline my role in the Rescue that took place in the next report.
It seems about every 5 minutes that a new tweet appears announcing Mark's latest marathon! Almost three weeks in, and today he is on his 19th, after completing marathon number 18 from Charmes to Thielouze only yesterday. Mark will continue to run through eastern France for the rest of May, crossing the border into Spain next month, where he is hoping to finish his challenge in Barcelona around the 26th June.
On May 17th, Kenton Cool broke his own record when he reached the summit of Everest for the 8th time.
Leading an expedition of 4 others, Kenton reached the summit first at 06.00 local time, followed 30 minutes later by Bonita Norris, who at just 22 years old becomes the youngest British Woman to summit Everest.
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