SIR RANULPH FIENNES – Mon 25th May 2.30pm
The legendary Sir Ranulph Fiennes, whose interview you’ll find in the May issue of Active Traveller, will be a seminar star guest on Monday 25th May at 2.30pm. Sir Ranulph was described by The Guinness Book of Records as the “world’s greatest living explorer” in 1984, and has since gone on to break more world records and led many more expeditions to remote regions. He truly is an icon for adventure travel. Sir Ranulph will be talking about his life and various exploits such as reaching both the North and South poles by foot as well as his unsupported crossing of the Antarctic Continent, which was in turn the longest unsupported polar journey in history. Just before the show he will have attempted to finish the mighty Marathon des Sables ultra marathon in northern Africa. Tickets to his seminar talk are on sale now.
ALEX JACKSON – Sat, Sun & Mon 11.00am
Appearing as part of our seminars everyday at 11.00am is Alex Jackson from Kaapstad Motorcycle Adventure Tours. Alex has been exploring Southern Africa on Motorcycles for over 16 years. When the idea for Kaapstad Motorcycle Adventure Tours was conceived it had one mission: to share with as many people as possible his life long love affair with the Rainbow Nation. The most recent trip saw him ride over 10,000kms through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. During this trip he was blogging about the major issue of Poaching that is prolific in Southern Africa. In particular he was trying to raise awareness of the plight of the world Rhino population.
To see and listen to Alex’s adventures riding in South Africa book your ticket to his Seminar talk now.
FELICITY ASTON – Sat, Sun & Mon 12.00pm
Felicity Aston is the first and only woman in the world to ski across Antarctica alone. The 1744km, 59-day journey completed in January 2012 also made her the first person in the world to do so purely by muscle power without the aid of kites or machines. The popular US adventure sport magazine ‘Outside’, named her a 2012 Adventurer of the Year and she has recently been given the 2014 Women of Discovery Courage Award.
In 2009 she led the 38-day, 911km Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole. Previously, Felicity has led several other notable expeditions including the first British women’s crossing of Greenland, a 700km winter crossing of Lake Baikal in Siberian and an adventurous expedition in Iceland for young people with a brain injury. She was also part of the first, ever, all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 500km endurance race to the magnetic north pole and has completed the notorious Marathon Des Sables, a 150-mile foot race across the Sahara. To see Felicity’s seminar book your tickets now.
JOHN SULLIVAN – Sat, Sun & Mon 1.00pm
John Sullivan is a former Royal Marines Commando of nine years’ experience. He has operated in some of the world’s most challenging environments – jungle, desert and arctic. John’s passion in life is to explore with a sense of purpose. Working alone, this has taken him to some of the remotest corners of the world to research and set up factual programmes for the BBC and the National Geographic Channel. He has also led numerous life-changing conservation expeditions for young people to Namibia, Belize and Borneo. John will be sharing his experiences of personal survival. From spending time on an uninhabited island off Borneo to coping when lost in the desert or stranded in the jungle, John shows us that survival is 10% skills and 90% mindset.
See John everyday at 1.00pm – book your tickets here.
MARK WOODS – Sat, Sun & Mon 4.00am
Mark has trained and led teams for major polar and mountain expeditions – operating in the Arctic circle, the Himalayas, Antarctica and Alaska.
He has completed over 30 major expeditions around the world and is only the 8th person in history to reach the South Geographic Pole solo and unsupported, followed by a 200 mile solo crossing of the Arctic ocean to the Geographic North Pole. He crossed the horizontal Everest of the Canadian high arctic to the Geomagnetic Pole – twice, and supported the BBC Top gear team to the Magnetic North Pole.
Exploration to Mark is about global communication through education – on route to Mount Everest in 2014 he connected visually via Skype to over 100,000 students around the world in real time. His true passion is exploration and now he dedicates his time to building sustainable educational and leadership projects to coincide with his extreme journeys around the world.
To listen to Mark’s adventures, book your seminar tickets here.
ELLIE BEDFORD – Sat, Sun & Mon 5.00pm
While continually raising money for charities with the Newfoundland Team of lifesaver dogs at national events across the UK, Ellie wants to make people aware of the dangers of water. Her seminar talk will do just that, giving advice and raising awareness on Water Safety. So many young people are unaware of the dangers of open water or do not know what to do if their friends get into trouble in the water. Ellie wants to change that. The dogs themselves are simply amazing – with just one of the huge Newfoundlands able to pull 10 people in to safety.
Ellie will be appearing everyday at 5.00 – entrance is Free
