Alastair humphreys biography definition
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Alastair Humphreys
Alastair Humphreysâ quest for adventure began young. Aged nine, he completed the 20 mile Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge, then the National 3 Peaks in 24 hours aged 13.
At 15 he cycled off-road across England.
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After leaving school, Humphreys taught for a year in South Africa.
Whilst at university (Edinburgh and Oxford) Humphreys cycled from Pakistan to China, Landâs End to John OâGroats, Turkey to Italy, Mexico to Panama and across South America.
He ran a charity project in the Philippines and the London marathon dressed as a rhino.
Since graduating Humphreys has cycled round the world for four years, 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.
The steaming, bubbling start of our next river, the Markarfljot.
Humphreys has also run the Marathon des Sables, (finishing as one of the ten fastest Brits despite breaking his foot during the race) and rowed to France with a