Let the journey begin…

It all begins with an idea - the seed gets sown and it begins to germinate and take root in your mind.

That’s how this began. When it comes to big adventures, it felt like I’ve been trying to chase my first hit, with the Nile being that first ‘hit’. I’ve had some incredible adventures since, but I hadn’t managed to come up with the next big one. One that I get that visceral response and know with every cell in my body that I have to do everything I can to make this happen.

They say that ideas come to us when we’re not trying to solve the problem - when we’re in the shower, or out walking and we let our mind wander.

Oman was this - space for my mind to roam. And that’s when I got the idea for this - Pole to Pole. The first spark for this was watching a documentary a while back about Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ Transglobe expedition. It was like a connection in my brain was made between the problem and the solution that had been sitting there, dormant.

Slowly the concept grew and evolved. The charities to support, the message to share. It went from my mind to a spreadsheet (which is pretty massive now). Then, creating a introductory deck (you can read it here), and conversations began. It’s getting momentum, like it’s getting its own life force and it gives me tingles of excitement.

So here I am. It’s like being at the bottom of a huge mountain looking up. I’m at the start of an exciting (and slightly terrifying) journey. What I know from the Nile expedition is that this time to the start line will be hugely rewarding, informative and challenging. There is much to learn, new people to meet, money to raise, support to find and a monster to-do list to work through.

Let’s do this!