After dedicating his life to providing access to the sea for all disabled people, quadriplegic adventurer Geoff Holt MBE DL has embarked on his latest voyage, demonstrating that there are no limits to our dreams.
To celebrate 40 years in a wheelchair, Geoff is skippering a boat around the UK in aid of the Wetwheels Foundation, the charity he founded to enable barrier-free opportunities on the water for all to support health, wellbeig and create special memories. Geoff is taking on the 1,500 miles around the UK coastline. Geoff departed St Katherine's Dock in London on 13 May 2024.
Huge congratulations to endurance adventurer Sean Conway on completing an astonishing 105 back-to-back Ironman events. Each day, Sean swam 2.5 miles, cycled 112 miles and then ran a marathon (26.2 miles).
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THE DOORSTEP MILE: LIVING MORE ADVENTUROUSLY, EVERY DAY
“As much as you probably like the idea of lighting even a little fire under your life, I know how hard it can be to actually make any changes.
We all dream of achieving the extraordinary in our lives, our personal version of trekking to the South Pole. Having failed at that myself, but eventually come out the other end smiling, I now believe there is something even more important than striving for the remarkable. And that is to stop dreaming about an ‘adventure of a lifetime’, and instead pursue a lifetime of living adventurously through a daily pledge to push myself a little, scare myself now and then, and remain curious.” Alastair
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Endurance adventure athlete Sean Conway broke the World Record for the fastest crossing of Europe by bicycle unsupported - an astonishing feat.
Starting on April 2018 in Cabo de Roca on the west coast of Portugal, Sean cycled 4,500 miles across Europe, finishing at the Russian town of Ufa.
As those who follow Sean's adventures will guess, Sean did not do this the easy way! The successful attempt was unsupported and Sean carried all of his kit with him along the way.
