| I’m a journalist and adventurer and write a monthly adventure news column for the Daily Telegraph and contribute regularly to the Financial Times and Men’s Fitness magazine. My work has also appeared in The Times, Sunday Times, and America’s Outside Magazine. On TV I have brought my expertise to TransWorld Sport, Channel 4’s Adrenalin Rush series and the National Email me |
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| A balmy winter’s day in N.Z.’s southern alps |
Some of my favourite adventures include:
* 2nd place, Three Peaks Yacht Race, 2007 (Lightning Reflex, skipper: Geoff West. Running partner Richard Ludlow).
* Unguided winter ascent of Mt Cook, New Zealand, 2006 via the Hooker. (With Rohan Kilham)
* The Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon, 2002 & 2006
* Mountain biking Britain’s 220 mile coast to coast, camping rough, 2004.
* Running the 150-mile Marathon des Sables across the Sahara, April 2002.
* Climbing Alpamayo in Peru with my cousins Billy & Dave Bucknall, August 2000.
And some personal bests:
* Freediving Static Apnea (holding your breath): 4′10
* Winner: mountain biking stage, Drambuie Pursuit, 2006
* First place, Yard of Ale contest, with friends, Lake District.
