By Hannah Thorley We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Claire from the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF), who is leading the Happy Women Together – Walking Challenge, this August - where a group of nine women will be climbing the three highest peaks in the UK. But this is a challenge with a difference.…
Women’s Adventure Expo first came in touch with Eternal Landscapes’ owner, Jessica Brooks, when her love of wild swimming brought her and her fellow cold-water swimmer’s attention to one of the speakers at the WAEXPO conference back in 2017. Since then Jess – and her dynamic team of Mongolian women - have continued her mission…
WAExpo 2018 Highlights Words By Jessica Strange Photos By Frit Sarita Tam A drizzly morning welcomed aspiring adventurers, but it did nothing to dampen their spirits last weekend as a mass of attendees flocked to the Women’s Adventure Expo 2018. Hosted at the quirky interactive science museum, We the Curious, early bird guests could take part…
Founder of an amazing cycle service for adults and children whose freedom has been affected by disability, illness or disease. So, Holly, we’re delighted you will be joining us at our events on Friday and Saturday. Now, you are the founder of Ride Out Ride On. What’s this all about? Ride Out, Ride On is a…
In this blog we’re excited to share information with you about the summer internship project we worked on for the past seven weeks. Our names are Molly and Helen and we are both going into our final year of studying History at Cambridge and Chemistry at Oxford respectively. One of us has family and friends…
Never too old for adventure? You bet. By the time I got around to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro I was already 58. Yikes! Not exactly ancient, but for me it was a ‘now or never’ proposition. ‘Never’ was extremely tempting, but ‘now’ won out. There was an added urgency to conquer the highest mountain in Africa the…
Megan Al-Ghailani is the youngest woman and first hearing-impaired person to run across the country. She has an inspirational story and Women’s Adventure Expo are so pleased that we can share it with you! Megan is a true adventure heroine and advocate for adventure and diversity - Find out more about Megan and follow her…
As our brand new event on 5th October approaches, Esther Rosewarne reflects on the theme of Adventure and Wellbeing.
As the legendary story goes, in the 1960’s Easkey’s grandmother, Mary Britton, a hotel owner, returned to Ireland from a trip to California determined to bring two Malibu surfboards back to her local beach, Rossnowlagh. Her intention was to offer them to hotel guests, but instead her five sons, including Easkey’s father Barry took the…
Throughout this year we’ll be collaborating with Devon-born adventure businesswoman, Jessica Brooks. in this interview, Jess shares with us her experience of setting up Eternal Landscapes,a sustainable travel company in Ulaanbataar, and gives insight into how - with a team of strong women behind her - she’s working to make the adventure travel industry more…