by Benson Agoha | Life
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| * Adventurer: Ash Dykes (Credit: via LinkedIn) |
I'VE MADE IT!!!! was how British adventurer Ash Dykes described his conquest of Africa's Island of Madagascar.
The scheme took him 155 days, over 3.5 million steps, climbing the summit of 8 of the highest mountains, covering 1600 miles.
He said "It's pushed me to extreme limits and I've stared death in the face on a number of occasions but I endured and persevered through the pain to the finish. But then - nothing worth while ever comes easy!"
It was not his first, nor likely to be the last.
Dykes who described himself as Adventurer/Explorer, speaker and holder of two world firsts, was named the UK Adventurer Of The Year 2K15 Winner.
In 2014 he became the first person ever to walk across Mongolia solo and unsupported, over the Altai Mountains, Gobi Desert and Mongolian Steppe, 1,500 miles in 78 days whilst pulling 120kg in a wheeled trailer carrying provisions needed to survive.
In 2016 he became the first person ever to traverse Madagascar's length, through it's interior taking on 8 of the highest mountains on the fourth largest island in the world, 1,600 miles in 155 days.
According to his own account from his LinkedIn profile,From the age of 19, he has boarded a plane and left to explore what was out there, this led him to undertake the following exploits, to name a few:-
• Cycling Cambodia & the length of Vietnam (1130 miles – 15 days)
• Trekking the Himalayas in North India
• Cycling a part of Australia (700 miles – 13 days)
• Escaping the outback’s of Australia after a nasty break down in the wild
• He learnt how to survive in the jungle with a Burmese Hill Tribe
• Cycled the length of Britain for charity (985 miles – 7days)
• Walked 200 miles across Wales in the dead of winter
• Trekked alone through the Alps during winter & was just missed by a landslide
• Worked as a scuba diving instructor for two years in Thailand
• Trained & competed against the locals, in the local martial art or Muay Thai (Thai Kickboxing)
The scheme took him 155 days, over 3.5 million steps, climbing the summit of 8 of the highest mountains, covering 1600 miles.
He said "It's pushed me to extreme limits and I've stared death in the face on a number of occasions but I endured and persevered through the pain to the finish. But then - nothing worth while ever comes easy!"
It was not his first, nor likely to be the last.
Dykes who described himself as Adventurer/Explorer, speaker and holder of two world firsts, was named the UK Adventurer Of The Year 2K15 Winner.
In 2014 he became the first person ever to walk across Mongolia solo and unsupported, over the Altai Mountains, Gobi Desert and Mongolian Steppe, 1,500 miles in 78 days whilst pulling 120kg in a wheeled trailer carrying provisions needed to survive.
In 2016 he became the first person ever to traverse Madagascar's length, through it's interior taking on 8 of the highest mountains on the fourth largest island in the world, 1,600 miles in 155 days.
According to his own account from his LinkedIn profile,From the age of 19, he has boarded a plane and left to explore what was out there, this led him to undertake the following exploits, to name a few:-
• Cycling Cambodia & the length of Vietnam (1130 miles – 15 days)
• Trekking the Himalayas in North India
• Cycling a part of Australia (700 miles – 13 days)
• Escaping the outback’s of Australia after a nasty break down in the wild
• He learnt how to survive in the jungle with a Burmese Hill Tribe
• Cycled the length of Britain for charity (985 miles – 7days)
• Walked 200 miles across Wales in the dead of winter
• Trekked alone through the Alps during winter & was just missed by a landslide
• Worked as a scuba diving instructor for two years in Thailand
• Trained & competed against the locals, in the local martial art or Muay Thai (Thai Kickboxing)
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