Dorking Halls have invited round the world cyclist Alastair Humphreys to give a talk about his epic bike trip just ahead of the London 2012 cycling event that will be taking place in Dorking on 28th/29th July. Alastair will be talking about his 46,000 mile cycle which took him along the length of Earth's three great landmasses: Africa, the Americas and Eurasia.
Dorking
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is described by The Guinness Book of Records as “The world’s greatest living explorer”. During his 40-year career, he has led more than 30 expeditions and is the holder of several endurance records. This summer he will be appearing at 13 venues around the UK talking about his expeditions to climb two of the world’s highest and most difficult mountains.
Salford Quays, Barnstaple, St Albans, Inverness, Cambridge, Birmingham, Harrogate, Derby, Shrewsbury, Cardiff, Llandudno, Malvern, Guildford
Following his successful Beyond the Void talks in 2008-2009, mountaineer Simon Yates is back on tour this spring with a new talk, The Wild Within.
Tieing in with the release of his third book in March (Vertebrate Publishing), The Wild Within covers the last ten years of Simon's expeditions to unclimbed peaks in the Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego, the Wrangell St-Elias ranges on the Alaskan-Yukon border, and Eastern Greenland.
Dates left: Aberdeen, Dunfermline, Malvern, Swansea, Durham
Straight from her latest solo expedition to become the first women to ski solo across the entire Antarctic continent, polar explorer Felicity Aston will talk about her first record breaking trip to the South Pole.
In 2009, Felicty led a diverse, multicultural team of ordinary women on one of the most arduous journeys on earth: a 900km trek to the South Pole. The 38-day expedition saw the 8 women, some of whom had never even seen snow before, enduring eighty-mile-an-hour winds, frostbite and daily injuries whilst skiing across the cracking ice, which revealed deadly crevasses beneath. A truly inspirational story and fascinating insight into the coldest, driest and most challenging continent on Earth.
Chesterfield
Internationally acclaimed mountaineer, writer and broadcaster Stephen Venables tells the story of legendary mountaineer Eric Shipton in this fast-paced, beautifully illustrated talk that blends historical detail with personal experience.
Street (Somerset), Salford, Buxton, Birmingham, Llandudno, Durham, Radlett, Inverness, Tunbridge Wells, Shrewsbury
Don’t miss Kenton Cool talking on Tuesday 13th December 2011 at St Paul’s School, Lonsdale Road, London, SW13 9JT.
He will be giving his Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Knowtalk about leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes to the summitt of the infamous North Face of the Eiger and on two of his attempts to conquer Everest.
Details on how to buy tickets here.
London
British mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick and author of the award-winning Psychovertical will be giving a series of talks this Autumn on the subject of his new book, Cold Wars.
Cold Warscharts a period of Andy's career where he became drawn into increasingly high-risk climbs. As his brother is drawn into the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, Andy juggles family life with an almost compulsive obsession with climbing the most difficult and dangerous winter routes he can find on the planet. Andy relives his 15-day winter ascent of the Dru in the Alps and the first winter ascent of the East face of Mermoz, Patagonia.
“Gut-wrenching, entertaining and challenging - appeals to the adventurer in all of us” The Guardian
Hull, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Caernarfon, Cardiff, Oxford, York, Exeter, Southampton, Leeds, Inverness, Manchester, Sheffield, London, Norwich, Shrewsbury, Belfast, Dublin, Cork
At just 24 years old, Alastair Humphreys left England to cycle round the world. Completely alone with just his bike, a few maps and very limited supplies, he set out on a 46,000 mile journey which would take him through 60 countries, across 5 continents and take 4 years to complete.
Sheffield University Students Union
Paul Rose is best known for his BBC documentaries Voyages of Discovery, Oceans and Britain’s Secret Seas. From climbing Antarctica's most active volcano to retracing the voyages of pioneers Captain Cook and Ferdinand Magellan, Paul’s adventures have taken him all over our planet and have included some of the most pioneering deep-sea dives in the world.
In Explore, Paul uses behind the scenes stories and footage from his television programmes to inspire the audience with his spirit of adventure and his passion for the environment. Paul asks the question “Why Explore?” and then makes everyone want to be explorers!
South Shields, Barrow, Derby, Leamington Spa, Tunbridge Wells, Llandudno, Malvern, Eastbourne, Cardigan
Writer, broadcaster and historian Julie Summers, Irvine’s great niece and biographer, brings alive one of the most exciting stories linked to Mount Everest at a time when the conquest of the mountain represented the last, great challenge of exploration.
“A truly wonderful talk full of fascinating insights into the character and background of Irvine, told with verve and humor and superbly illustrated with historic pictures taken at the time.” Sir Chris Bonington
Inverness, Eastbourne, Buxton, Llandudno, Brecon, Ilfracombe, Halifax, Darlington, Stockport, Radlett, Southend, Derby, Andover
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Andy put on such a great show at our corporate dinner last year that we had him back a second time. He’s had the most outlandish adventures and relays them in an effortlessly hilarious way. We’d definitely recommend him.
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