Charlie Walker is a British adventurer, writer and public speaker. He specialises in long distance, human-powered expeditions to develop an intimate understanding of the world’s most remote communities. Over his ten year career, this focus has taken him to the Tibetan plateau, Mongolian steppe, Congolese jungle, Arctic tundra and numerous deserts.
He has travelled over 50,000 miles by bicycle, foot, horse, raft, ski and dugout canoe. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a lifetime honorary member of the Scientific Exploration Society, and a two-time recipient of the Transglobe Expedition Trust 'Mad but Marvellous' grant. He has been featured on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, The Sunday Times and Sidetracked magazine. He has also written two books; Through Sand & Snow, and On Roads That Echo. |
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