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…
We interviewed Stephanie Solomonides, who recently completed the incredible Euro-Arabian North Pole expedition, lead by Felicity Aston, making her the first Cypriot to travel to both the North and South poles. Interview by Tessa Deterding and Esther Rosewarn Could you tell us a little bit about the expedition? How and why did you get involved?…
June 21st: it may be the summer solstice, but things are going to get ice-cold at our london-based conference ‘Women in the Polar Regions’. You’ve probably heard all about ‘The Heritage of Women in Exploration’ by now (do check out our recent blog posts if you’ve missed out on our programme previews!), but today we’d…
With less than two weeks to go before our special suffrage centenary event takes off at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London on 21st June, we’ve got the latest info on our speakers and programme. We’ve got intriguing, untold stories from contemporary explorers, academic research presentations, and film footage from women sharing their…
Work at the expo office is pretty much non-stop at the moment; time is ticking as our suffrage-centenary conference, ‘The Heritage of Women in Exploration’ grows ever closer. To keep everyone in the loop, we thought we’d give the lowdown - the Who? What? When? Where?- of this special event. What’s it all about anyway?…
Too little is known about the incredible story of the first woman to scale Mt Everest and the seven summits, the late Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei. So we’re thrilled to share Junko’s story through the eyes of someone following in her footsteps – expedition leader and mountaineer Jo Bradshaw. Jo will share Junko’s story at…
The team are 6 days into their trip on the shifting pack ice of the Arctic Ocean, attempting to ski roughly 100 km over the treacherous terrain to reach the Geographic North Pole. If successful many of the women will be the first person from their country to ski the last degree to the Geographic…
“I’m here to break barriers and stereotypes”, says Misba Khan, an “ordinary” mum turned Rambler turned polar skier. We’re lucky to have spoken to Misba just before she sets off to ski the last degree to the North Pole as part of the Women’s Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition 2018 led by Felicity Aston. This incredible…
You may remember last month we caught up with Lucy Shepherd and spoke with her about her adventures and expeditions, you can find a link to the interview at the bottom of this page. Lucy is a 25 year old adventurer on a mission, she is constantly pushing herself, whilst at the same time documenting…