DARING JOURNEYS TO THE WORLD'S REMOTEST PLACES
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Charlie Walker is an award-winning explorer, author and international keynote speaker. He specialises in long distance, human-powered expeditions to develop an intimate understanding of the world’s most remote communities.
This focus has taken him to places as varied as the Tibetan plateau, the Mongolian steppe, the Tien Shan mountains, the Congolese jungle, the Arctic tundra, the highlands of New Guinea and the Sahara desert. He has travelled over 60,000 miles by foot, horse, raft, bicycle, ski and dugout canoe. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Scientific Exploration Society Explorer Award winner, and a four-time recipient of the Transglobe Expedition Trust's 'Mad but Marvellous' award. Charlie's work has featured on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and Geographical magazine among other publications. He has also written two books: Through Sand & Snow, and On Roads That Echo. |
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