BIOGRAPHY On February 15th 2008 Mark Beaumont arrived at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris after spending 194 days and 17 hours cycling solo around the world. His epic journey, which would see him break one of the last great circumnavigation World Records, took him over 18,000 miles, across four continents and through 20 countries. Through an unbeatable display of sheer determination, Mark beat the previous record by 81 days, cycling at a speed of 100 miles a day for over half a year.

Just 16 months after returning from his first epic trip, Mark set out on a new challenge: to cycle the length of the American Cordillera - the longest mountain range on the planet. Setting out from Anchorage in Alaska in June 2009, Mark not only cycled all the way down the spine of the Americas to Ushuaia in Argentina, but he also stopped along the way to climb the continent’s two highest peaks, Mt McKinley in Alaska and Aconcagua in Argentina.

In 2011 Mark swapped his bike for a boat and rowed 450 miles through the Canadian Arctic with a team of ocean-rowers, filming the endurance challenge for BBC Scotland.  In January 2012, Mark joined a team of 5 ocean rowers in an attempt to break the world speed record for rowing across the Atlantic.  Just days from achieving their goal, their boat was capsized and after spending 10 hours on life raft they were finally rescued by a cargo ship.

Mark has been highly commended for his filming for the BBC (his first documentary received a nomination for a Scottish BAFTA in 2008). He is currently planning his third expedition and writing his second book.

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING
Mark's story is a personal rollercoaster of mental and physical endurance as well as a fascinating insight into the world we live in. He is an accomplished motivational speaker, his experiences of planning and executing two successful expeditions enabling him to talk with great insight on motivation, team management, logistical planning, risk assessment and successful project management.

WHAT OTHERS SAY...

"Mark was absolutely fantastic...The audience were totally captivated and were able to relate personally and in a business sense to Mark… It was a perfect close to our 1st day of the conference."
Chris Maltman, Wolfson Electronics

“Mark’s talk was probably the (unintended) highlight of our conference – it was very inspiring and attendees from all over Europe were full of praise afterwards and repeatedly mentioned it the next day. Mark was a real pleasure to work with and we’d love to use him again.”
David Fitch, Edinburgh Napier University

LATEST NEWS...

Disaster for Mark's Atlantic challenge as boat sinks - 31st January 2012

Mark sets out to row the Atlantic - 4th January 2012

Mark complete's Arctic challenge - 31st August 2012