This month, four adventurers are off to snow-kite across Vatnajökull in Iceland. They will take on Europe’s largest icecap, to raise awareness for the charity Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. A specially designed rig has been created to allow team member Sean Rose – who has a spinal cord injury – to take part in the Icelandic expedition. Another adventure that recently got underway is the Shifting Ice and Changing Tides expedition which will see the all-woman team ski and sail Greenland. The expedition sets off from Ísafjörður, Iceland in March for the coast of Greenland. The team of five will sail along the west coast, then ski and climb their way across Greenland’s terrain. The crew consists of former Freeskiing World Tour competitor McKenna Peterson, National Geographic Young Explorer Nat Segal, current competitor on the Freeride World Tour, former Freeskiing World Tour competitor Pip Hunt, engineer and scientist Meghan Kelly, skier Martha Hunt and photographer and conservationist KT Miller.
Scottish adventurer Cameron Mackay has begun a coast to coast trek across Scotland. The eighteen year old is undertaking this trip to raise funds for a larger expedition he is planning in Greenland. He left Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands on the 7th of April 2014 to begin his adventure. Lorraine McCall is also off exploring Scotland. She has embarked on a challenge to make a continuous round of the Corbetts. McCall departed from Roybridge on the 8th April to spend the next few months traversing all 221 of the peaks.
Alastair Humphreys is looking for three intrepid souls to take on an adventure challenge that will see you kayaking, road biking, trekking, sailing, mountain biking, rowing and climbing on a 5-day journey around the island in May this year. Apply for the National Geographic Talisker Whisky Challenge here.
On the international stage, Andy Smith is half way through his Samba Soccer Stadium Cycle Safari. The 5500 mile cycle across Brazil visiting each FIFA World Cup 2014 stadium prior to the tournament Smith began in January 2014 and should arrive in time for the World Cup on the 12th of June. Ray Zahab’s impossible2Possible team have announced their latest plans to run the Atacama Desert in May. Youth ambassadors for the organisation will run 300km from north to south along the same route founder Zahab did back in 2011.
And finally, have you always wanted to row an ocean? Here’s your chance. The Coxless Crew are in search of one more woman to join their quest to become the first all four female team to row the full South Pacific Ocean. The journey begins in April 2015 from Long Beach California and approximately six month later will arrive in Cairns, Australia. If you are even entertaining the thought just click here for more information.
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Written by Orla O’Muiri | Photo by Al Humphreys