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Adventurer and writer Alastair Humphreys' will be giving a pictorial presentation at Hebden Bridge library, West Yorkshire, on Friday 15th July 2011, starting at 7.30pm.
Alastairs' epic cycle journey around the world started in Yorkshire in 2001. Over the next four years he cycled through Europe, down the whole length of Africa, up through the Americas and then back through Siberia - in winter - Japan, China, Central Asia and Europe. He has also raced a yacht across the Atlantic Ocean, canoed 500 miles down the Yukon River and walked the length of the holy Kaveri River in India. He finished the Marathon-des-Sables as one of the ten fastest Brits, despite breaking his foot during the race. He has rowed to France with Major Phil Packer, who suffered spinal cord damage in an explosion in Iraq in 2008, and in 2010 he completed an unsupported crossing of Iceland by foot and Pack-raft. This year Alastair is preparing for SOUTH, the first unsupported return journey to the South Pole and the longest unsupported polar journey in history.
I have read some of Alastairs' books and they are a honest and fascinating read.
Alastair will talk about the lessons he has learned on the road, stories of his travels and deliver a call to arms - nothing is achieved without being bold enough to begin it.
Tickets are £5.00 each (£3.50 concessionary) and can be obtained by contacting Anna Turner at Calderdale Council. Anna.Turner@calderdale.gov.uk
