Richard grow up in Devon where he begun to develop is passion and love for all things outdoors. This lead to him sea swimming and kayaking with the discovery of hiking and Ten Tors he turned his gazed inland to the bog ridden and bleak landscape of Dartmoor an area which Richard now lives a stones through from. Ten Tors with the bank bone that developed Richard’s true passion for adventure completing the 35 and 55 mile events along with training teams for variety of organization for 5 years after this. Simultaneously Richard completed his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and continued his voluntary Youth Work for many years leading to him leading a rural youth centre. This set the path of least resistance in to the world of Outdoor education in which Richard now operates at a high level with various qualifications in mountain leadership, climbing coaching and mountain biking. 

Through the years Richard also went on his fair share of adventurous travel have taken Richard all over the world, from hiking the Slovenian Mountain Trail, to driving to Mongolia on the  Mongol Rally and circumnavigating the world during his time with the Global Convoy. During these adventures Richard experienced a variety of incredible natural places, people and wonderment.

These are the larger adventures that Richard has partaken in although there have been plenty of adventures which have escaped the world social media after Richard’s departure from using the platforms in 2019, for a variety of reasons. (Come along to talk to find out more or just ask him). From these ventures Richard is now a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Ambassador for Adventure Therapy.

If you want to know more about Richard’s adventures or just generally about him ask him in person at a show or shot him an email at 

"Determination; the will to succeed will over the greatest adversity”

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