Adventure is my passion and I regard the pioneers of old as the great explorers - they mapped the unknown world. However, with climate change having an effect on the weather - oceans and mountains the roll of a modern day explorer has now changed.
Exploring to me is more than just self discovery. As I operate within the extremes of the planet I aim to communicate daily about issues effecting us all. Over the past few years the communication from mountains or ice has spread to over forty countries and thousands of students around the globe.
Through exploring I try to bring the realism of my experiences back in to talks and presentations. Having documented expeditions in very extremes of the planet from guiding in the polar regions and the mountains of the Himalayas to surviving eight days with Jeremy Clarkson and the Top Gear team on the way to the Magnetic North pole.
I am honoured to be a fellow with the Royal Geographic Society - The society encourages the need to keep on exploring and allows people to step outside the box and discover adventure for themselves.
The Ambassadors group in Coventry is made up of over 200 people from the city who through talks, events and charities sort to inspire others within the City itself. I feel proud as a Coventrian to be part of such an organisation and find that the inspiration nearly always comes from the people I meet through this society.
Whenever I'm faced with tough situations on expedition I only have to think of how these young people have turned their lives around through the support they have received from the Princes Trust. I am truly honoured to be a part of such an inspiring organisation that literally changes lives for the better.
The Liverpool Wilderness Medicine Society takes young students to some of the most remote areas on our planet. Many of the students have been on expedition in the Himalayas with me so I feel extremely proud to act as their patron.
Sporting Equals helps black and ethnic minority communities get involved with sport and physical activities. As an ambassador I am proud to be associated and to link extreme expeditions with the sporting world.
An international network of the brightest and most creative young people aged 11-19. Members are part of a global community that provides access to a wide range of exciting opportunities unavailable anywhere else. Set up by Warwick University, IGGY operates within 33 countries and provides a wider audience for my expeditions and educational projects.
As an ex-soldier I fully support this charity which has been established to provide support for Britain's ex-service men and women by helping smaller service charities during these difficult economic times. I was introduced to the charity by ex - SAS soldier Andy McNab who has also shown his support for the North South Solo expedition.
In 2003 on my first Polar expedition I became a guinea pig on ice for CRUK . Tests were done on the team for research into Cancer itself and I was honoured to support a charity that touches the lives of so many people. One year after this expedition, my Mum unfortunately got Cancer and never recovered. The support she received was amazing. Whenever I go on a polar expedition, I always carry the flag of CRUK to show my support for an incredible organisation and in the memory of someone I miss very much.
North South Solo training expedition - High Arctic Svalabard
Island Peak expedition - 6184m - Himalayas
Global Schools Project to the Himalayas - Warwick University
Himalayan expedition for the Global Schools project
A solo 30 day training expedition in Svalbard
Led 3 expeditions involving over 60 people to Everest BC - Snowball Exp; schools project.
Led a British first expedition in the Arctic - highlighting the Inuit communities affected by climate change.
Alaskan dog sledding expedition - filming for an educational films programme.
Led a team through the Himalayas to base camp Everest as part of an educational schools programme.
Led an expedition linking the two highest Inuit settlements in the Canadian high arctic.
Filming for a documentary on how global warming is affecting the Inuit people.
Led a dog sledging expedition in North America.
Arctic guide and operational support for the BBC Top Gear programme - 'race to the pole'.
Arctic expedition technical support for the Magnetic North Pole Race (1996 pole position).
Cycled across the USA - 3500 miles from Seattle to New York.
Led an 8 person team on a successful Geomagnetic North Pole expedition.
Instructor on an Arctic training expedition - Northern Canada.
Instructor on an Arctic training program - Norway.
Instructor on an Arctic training expedition - Northern Canada.
A successful Geomagnetic North Pole expedition.
70 day training expedition and research for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) - Canadian high arctic.
I regard myself as a pretty ordinary person who lives in the centre of the UK nowhere near mountains or snow and ice. I enjoy everything about adventure - the idea - the logistics - the moment you set off - the experience in the extremes and finally the understanding of what you have at home. I feel one compliments the other.