Most people don’t need any more encouragement to travel. But there are so many inspiring travellers you’ve never heard of, doing things you’ve only dreamt of. Hearing about other people’s stories and adventures always inspires me to add to my bucket list.
I love the thought of going out into the world and exploring new places, experiencing new cultures and meeting new people.
One of my biggest role models is Ellen MacArthur. She completed the Vendee Globe – an around the world, solo handed boat race – at the age of 24; becoming the youngest Briton to circumnavigate the globe.
One of my dreams is to complete a round the world sailing trip and MacArthur has been a huge inspiration to me.
Below are a few of people who I hope inspire you to go out an experience the world.
Never stop exploring …
We met great-grandmother Faye Day who, at 78, is still backpacking the globe http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/great-grandmother-78-and-still-on-the-backpacking-trail-8p95lnc9f …
– Sunday Times (@ST_Travel), March 19, 2017
Don’t limit yourself to just one dream. Traveller, Alastair Humphreys, has done many amazing things throughout his life and is proof of how addicting adventure is:
As well as expeditions such as cycling round the world, walking across India and rowing the Atlantic, Alastair was named as a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year for his pioneering work on the concept of microadventures, trying to encourage people to get outside, get out of their comfort zone, go somewhere they’ve never been. A microadventure is an adventure that is close to home, cheap, simple, short, and yet very effective.
Kira Salak is another woman who inspires me to never stop moving and exploring new, sometimes scary, things:
Salak is one of five people in the world to receive a 2005 National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer Award. She has traveled solo to almost every continent, visiting some of the world’s remotest or most inhospitable places, including Madagascar, Borneo, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She cycled nearly 800 miles across Alaska to the Arctic Ocean; she was the first person to kayak solo 600 miles down West Africa’s Niger River to Timbuktu, a trip recounted in her nonfiction book, The Cruelest Journey. Salak has been selected by The Library of Congress for their “Women Who Dare” publications, which highlight the world’s top women explorers and leaders. Book Magazine has called Salak “the gutsiest–and some say, craziest–woman adventurer of our day.” Says The New York Times: “Kira Salak is a tough, real life Lara Croft.”
I hope this helped encourage you to make take steps in planning your next adventure. Check out more inspiring travellers out here.
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