Details below are for the London 2012 Adventure Travel Show. Glasgow 2012 and London 2013 show details to be updated shortly.
To celebrate the spirit of adventure, this year’s show also includes talks from a panel of Daily Telegraph editors and writers, presenting their pick of top adventures for 2012. Each talk will be followed by a short Q&A.
Please note, schedule is subject to change.
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 10:30 till 11:15
Where : Theatre 1
Harry's Arctic Heroes - The North Pole Challenge. Edward Parker - Walking With The Wounded.
Featured in the BBC1 TV Series 'Harry's Arctic Heroes', Walking With The Wounded helped four wounded servicemen to trek 180 miles to the North Pole. The attempt aimed to raise £2m for armed forces charities. The expedition was founded after Edward Parker's nephew was severely injured in an IED blast on tour in Afghanistan. Together with friend Simon Daglish, Edward Parker began to secure support for the idea, first with the military and then potential sponsors. A chance meeting with Prince Harry secured his support and resulted in him joining the team for the first days on the ice. Walking With The Wounded received worldwide media attention and generated substantial funds for injured servicemen. It continues its work, and next year, the charity aims to put 5 wounded soldiers on the summit of Everest. Join Edward Parker and some of the team as they tell their story.
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 11:30 till 12:15
Where : Theatre 1
Adventure filming, Britain on the box. Nick Crane.
Nick Crane has presented over 60 films for the BBC, including the Coast series, Mapman, Great British Journeys, Britannia and Town. Nick believes that adventure starts at home and will talk about making films and writing books about Britain.
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 12:30 till 13:15
Where : Theatre 1
The Accidental Adventurer - Ben Fogle.
Ben Fogle is a presenter, writer and adventurer. His achievements include racing 160 miles across the Sahara desert in the notorious Marathon Des Sables. He has rowed the Atlantic Ocean in 49 days and crossed Antarctica in a foot race to the South Pole.He has presented numerous programmes including BBC’s Animal Park, Wild In Africa, Countryfile, Crufts, One Man and His Dog and Extreme Dreams.
He writes regularly for the Sunday Telegraph and the Independent and has written five bestselling books. Ben’s latest book, The Accidental Adventurer is out now. He is an ambassador for WWF, Medecins Sans Frontier and Tusk, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the President of the Campaign for National Parks.
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 13:30 till 14:15
Where : Theatre 1
From The Apprentice to Overland Adventurer. Nick Hewer.
Although Nick is better known for following The Apprentice hopefuls around, here we get an insight to his more intrepid driving adventures. One of the few, if any, 65 year olds to have driven 12,000 miles from London to Ulaanbaabatar ahead of, but still part of, the Mongol Rally in a 25 year old Renault 4. Nick will also discuss his forthcoming drive to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 14:30 till 15:15
Where : Theatre 1
The Great Barrier Reef. Monty Halls and James Brickell.
"For over twelve months a BBC film crew travelled the length and breadth of the Great Barrier Reef, recording animal behaviour and natural events in unprecedented detail. The resultant series was presented by Monty Halls, who talks at the Adventure Travel Show about his experiences working with the crew and diving the reef. Several sequences of animal behaviour were recorded for the very first time as the team went to extraordinary lengths to tell the real story of a globally iconic system. This is a talk about about natural history film making, about the remarkable tale of the most famous coral reef on earth, and the savage and fragile ecosystems that surround it."
James has spent much of his time working in remote and exotic locations from the Arctic Circle to tropical jungles and just about everywhere in between. His films have included Big Cat Diary, Life in Cold Blood and more recently as director of the award winning series Deadly60. Over his career, his adventures have ranged diving with Tiger sharks to tracking down giant spiders in the Amazon. He has been fortunate enough to work direct his child hood hero Sir David Attenborough as well as Steve Backshall, Simon King, Nick Baker and Michaela Strachan.
His work has included many ‘firsts’; from filming hunting Rattlesnakes in the US, Ghost Bats in Northern Australia and the first ever recorded images of snakes jumping. His latest project , the series ‘Great Barrier Reef’ presented by Monty Halls is the definitive portrait of one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 15:30 till 16:15
Where : Theatre 1
Mark Carwardine's Ultimate Wildlife Experiences
Mark talks about his favourite places in the world to watch wildlife, from jaguar watching in the Pantanal and bat watching in Zambia to whale watching in his favourite place on the planet. It will be a personal selection of the wildlife hotspots that have made the greatest impact on him over the years.
Given that he has been to more wildlife destinations over the past 30 years than almost anyone else on Earth, there are few better qualified to describe the best places to go. He will also be signing his new book, specially discounted, which will be for sale (it won’t be available in the shops/on Amazon until spring).
Saturday 28 January 2012
Time : 16:30 till 17:15
Where : Theatre 1
Big Wall Climbing. Doug Scott CBE.
Best known for being the first British climber to summit Everest in 1975, Doug Scott is also an outstanding Big Wall climber including major ascents on the vertical and overhanging rock of the Dolomites, Norway, Yosemite, Patagonia, Baffin Island and the Himalaya. In this globetrotting lecture, illustrated by Doug’s dramatic photography, you’ll hear how he went from climbing crags near his boyhood home in Nottingham using his mother’s washing line as a rope, to adventures on the mile high vertical granite of the Arctic’s Mount Asgard- without the washing line! His stories chart the changes in climbing styles over the last 40 years and feature a “who’s who” cast of climbing partners including Peter Habeler and Paul ‘Tut’ Braithwaite. Hold on tight…
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 10:30 till 11:15
Where : Theatre 1
The Bucket List: How to create goals, confront fears and make your first move... Dave Cornthwaite.
Drawing on his own achievements as an author and adventurer, Dave believes the best way for anyone to begin developing themselves and achieving their goals is to write things down. This is as close to stand up comedy as any motivational speech will ever get, as Dave's multimedia treat jumps from anecdote to anecdote, ranging from cycling a tandem bike 1400 miles with no prior experience, to trying to find a girlfriend by dating 100 women in 100 days, to staying awake for 72 hours in Melbourne. Dave has made a career out of simply doing things instead of just talking about them, he thinks you can too.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 11:30 till 12:15
Where : Theatre 1
Everest - The South West Face. Doug Scott CBE.
Recently awarded the coveted Pioletd’Or – or Golden Ice Axe - Doug Scott CBE is one of the outstanding mountaineers of all time, having made more than 40 Himalayan expeditions mostly attempting new routes or unclimbed peaks. Doug Scott was a key member of Chris Bonington’s 1975 Everest South West Face expedition; not only the first British ascent of Everest but was also the first ascent of the most difficult route to the 8,848 metre summit, since christened ‘Everest the Hard Way’.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 12:30 till 13:15
Where : Theatre 1
Up against it. Benedict Allen.
Benedict Allen, author of ten books of his expeditions and the very first 'Television Adventurer' shares his extraordinary range of personal experience in desert, jungle and Arctic to illustrate and explain the different survival challenges posed by these three very different terrains.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 13:30 till 14:15
Where : Theatre 1
Wilderness Camera, by Frozen Planet Cameraman Doug Allan.
Join cameraman Doug Allan in his experiences of filming the BBC wildlife series “Frozen Planet”. In a career spanning 25 years, BAFTA and Emmy award winning photographer Doug Allen has made over 50 filming trips, taking him from the depths of the Arctic to the upper reaches of Mount Everest. Most recently known for his esteemed position as the cameraman for the BBC documentaries “Human Planet”, “Ocean Giants” and “Frozen Planet”, Doug has experienced, captured and shared his fascinating experiences and remarkable tales. Awarded the Fuchs Medal in 1982 and then the Polar Medal in 1984, Doug is now set to join a select band of polar people as he prepares to collect a bar to his Polar Medal in January 2012, in recognition of his notable contribution to polar photography.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 14:30 till 15:15
Where : Theatre 1
Show me the Adventure! Charley Boorman & Russ Malkin.
Adventure should be part of everybody’s life … Charley Boorman and Producer & Director Russ Malkin’s latest adventure “Extreme Frontiers” followed their 10,300 mile journey across Canada from Newfoundland to the Rockies. This epic journey saw Charley riding the tidal wave in Nova Scotia, pot holing in British Columbia and learning to Rodeo. Join this talk and hear about the intense challenges that they faced during their exciting adventure expedition.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 15:30 till 16:15
Where : Theatre 1
James Cracknell.
James is one of Britain’s most successful athletes of all time, with 2 Olympic Gold Medals and 6 World Championship titles. His epic rowing finals in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 were two of the most watched sporting contests in history but it is since retiring from his 13 year international career that James has distinguished himself as a very special and inspiring sportsman, athlete and adventurer.James took part in his - then - toughest journey to date with Ben Fogle and Dr. Ed Coats - The Amundsen Omega3 South Pole Race in December 2008. Suffering frost-bite, infected blisters, dramatic weight-loss, pneumonia and exhaustion, the team traversed the 473.6 miles and were only beaten by a pair of Norwegian polar experts. The BBC showed a 6 x 1 hour, prime-time Sunday night series of the adventure in summer 2009 On Thin Ice. The show was hugely popular. The series was accompanied by a self-penned book of the journey, Race to the Pole (MacMillan).
Sunday 29 January 2012
Time : 16:30 till 17:00
Where : Theatre 1
Pilgrim Bandits - Up Kilimanjaro. Rhys Jones, RJ7 Expeditions and Rifleman Chris Parkes.
Leading an expedition up Kilimanjaro is hard enough – but what about leading an expedition of injured ex servicemen? Rhys Jones, from RJ7 Expeditions, will outline his background that has led to this Pilgrim Bandits expedition in February this year which includes five forces amputees. Joining him on stage will be Rifleman Chris Parkes from 3 Rifles who lost a leg whilst on duty in Afghanistan and who will explain how he is training with his injury for the climb and also outline what he hopes to achieve for himself and for the forces charity, Pilgrim Bandits with the expedition.
