Alastair Humphreys

Alastair Humphreys is one of National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year, an accomplished speaker, and a bestselling author. He has presented to audiences on six continents, challenging perceptions and inspiring action. From captivating talks at the Royal Geographical Society to energizing engagements with corporate clients such as Google, Ernst & Young, BP, T-Mobile, and Facebook, Humphreys sparks a fire of enthusiasm wherever he goes.

Humphreys’s expeditions are a call to arms that nothing is achieved without being bold enough to begin it and that the first step needs only be a tiny one to set us on the way to realizing that we are all capable of more than we imagine.

Humphreys has spent years tackling adventures that are simple but not easy and values the crucial difference between those two words. Each journey has generated a wealth of great stories, whether it is cycling round the world for four years on a budget of £7000, rowing the Atlantic Ocean with three strangers, breaking his foot on the world’s toughest ultra-marathon (but still finishing the race), walking across India, hauling a 350kg cart through the Empty Quarter desert, busking through Spain with no money or credit card, or even walking a lap of the M25 motorway round London!

His journeys provide spectacular, original case studies of self-motivation, setting small targets to achieve outrageous goals, the rewards of risk, teamwork, and overcoming doubt. They invite audiences to reflect on the balance between work and life, setting the stage for a new narrative of personal and environmental responsibility.

He has written 16 books, including the bestselling "Microadventures." He has featured in publications as varied as the New York Times, Financial Times, National Geographic, and Outside Magazine.

Humphrey’s talks to organizations as diverse as Google management and Special Forces soldiers are original, down to earth, quick-witted, self-deprecating, honest, energetic, positive and challenging.