Exhibitors
Meet our Explore Weekend exhibitors for 2025, who will generously share valuable advice and insights to enhance your next expedition.
Endeavour Medical
Endeavour Medical is passionate about delivering quality expedition medicine training that is directly transferrable to real-life situations. Our team is composed of professionals with decades of experience in Leadership, Remote and Global Health for extreme environments including mountain, jungle, polar and desert. Together we offer more than medical knowledge – we explore team dynamics, cultural nuances, and human and environmental factors that enable you to adapt to each unique situation. Through scenario-based training, Endeavour Medical can offer you the knowledge, skills and confidence to approach medical situations in remote locations.
Firepot Food
Firepot dehydrated expedition meals are lightweight, compact and home-cooked in our Dorset kitchen using natural ingredients, with no added chemicals or preservatives. Our filling meals bring real flavour to remote places: just add water and eat from the pouch to refuel, wherever you find yourself, whatever your challenge. Our multi-award-winning range includes lactose-free, vegan and gluten-free meals, compostable packaging, and extra-large portion sizes. And in case you're wondering what our meals taste like, you can try them on the Saturday for lunch.
The Ulysses Trust
The Ulysses Trust's vision is to ensure that every member of the UK’s Volunteer Reserve and Cadet Forces has the opportunity to undertake challenging adventurous activities and expeditions, thereby to help the engagement and development of young people in our society, individually, and as effective contributors to their communities and as citizens of this country. Founded in 1992, the charity has raised over £3.5M to support over 40,000 individuals to participate in over 2,980 expeditions – from sailing in the Solent and walking in the Brecon Beacons to climbing Everest and crossing the Antarctic.
Geographical
Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Across our monthly print magazine, website, app and podcasts, we cover the topics that matter most to humans, wildlife and the planet today – from transformative conservation projects that are bringing endangered species back from the brink of extinction, to the latest action on climate change and natural disasters. Written by award-winning journalists, and illustrated with informative graphics and stunning photography, our stories feature insights and cutting-edge research from the world’s leading experts on diverse geographical topics, including culture, environment, politics, science, and more.
Equal Adventure
Equal Adventure designs and makes adventure sports equipment for and with disabled people. Their holistic process includes running training on inclusion for adventure sports coaches, expedition leaders and within geography fieldwork. If you want bespoke expedition equipment such as bags, electronics, wheelchairs and vehicles, training, or if you have specific needs to make your equipment specific to you, come and find us!
Plas y Brenin
Plas y Brenin National Outdoor Centre was founded in 1955 and is a world-renowned provider of adventure sports and expedition training. From their base in the scenic heart of Snowdonia, Plas y Brenin’s work is focused on developing inspiring leaders, coaches and instructors in the outdoors, be they volunteers or working professionally in the sector, to better support people, from all backgrounds, to explore and enjoy their world. The centre’s team of instructors have undertaken expeditions across the world and operate to the highest levels in their fields. Plas y Brenin also offers an extensive programme of personal skill development courses in rock climbing, hillwalking, mountaineering, water safety, first aid, outdoor risk management, kayaking, canoeing, sea kayaking and mountain biking.
Biosphere Expeditions
Biosphere Expeditions is an award-winning citizen-science-based wildlife conservation non-profit, founded by Dr. Matthias Hammer, whose fieldwork career started at the Society and Explore over three decades ago. Biosphere Expeditions empowers ordinary people to help with wildlife conservation and research through international conservation expeditions, which unite the concepts of citizen science, ethical volunteering and expedition holidays.
The Altitude Centre
The UK’s number one altitude training specialist. Founded in 2003 The Altitude Centre has become the leading company in its field. Whether it's your first high-altitude expedition, you plan on tackling some of the highest mountains on earth or have sporting goals, we can help. Our clients include National Governing Bodies, Sports Teams, Olympic Champions, Climbers and members of the general public. We help all our clients achieve their goals.
SOS Medical Services Ltd
SOS is a veteran-owned company, led by experienced expedition medics, delivering expert medical support to remote expeditions, scientific research projects, TV and film productions, sporting events, and the energy sector. From concept to completion, SOS supports your venture at every stage – from initial research and planning, to the development of safety protocols, crisis management and emergency response plans, through to the provision of accredited training, medical equipment, on-site clinics, specialist medical personnel, real-time tracking, and telemedicine services. Whether you’re crossing deserts, filming in jungles, drilling offshore, or conducting polar science, SOS ensures your team is fully equipped, supported, and prepared for the unexpected.
Flaming Phoenix | High Calorie Bars
Flaming Phoenix supplies Phoenix Bars, unique flapjacks specifically designed for extreme expedition and adventure enthusiasts. Phoenix Bars contain all of the following unique features which make them bespoke fuel for extreme expeditions: 552 calories, highly compact and lightweight, don’t freeze or melt, can even be mixed with water to make a nutritious porridge, not sickly sweet, six delicious flavours, easy to eat and digest, 66 grams of carbohydrates, two-year shelf life, eight different vitamins and minerals, made in the UK, ready to eat on the move, vegan and gluten-free.
Vertura
Vertura was born out of frustration with the lack of genuinely warm, technical women’s-fit clothing suitable for use in high mountains and cold environments. We don’t just make clothing; we want to be a driver for positive change. Through our email newsletter, blog, and curated bookshelf, we share advice and inspiring stories to help elevate women’s experiences in the mountains. As a female owned and run brand, our mission is to encourage more women to explore the edge of their comfort zone, and show the world that there is nowhere we don’t belong.
First Aid Training Co-operative
Founded in 2015, the First Aid Training Co-operative is a UK-wide, co-operative provider dedicated to giving expedition teams and leaders the confidence to tackle both physical and mental crises in the field. We deliver Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training specifically designed for expedition settings — including our two-day, blended-learning Mental Health First Responder course, which combines self-paced online learning with an in-person scenario-based day and yields a three-year assessed qualification. We offer high-quality, practical Expedition First Aid courses, tailored for remote and adventure environments, with a strong emphasis on hands-on learning and realistic scenario practice. Whether you’re preparing for challenging terrain or managing the psychological demands of expeditions, we’re here to equip your team with the essential skills for safety, resilience, and effective response.
Supernatural Fuel
Supernatural Fuel energy pouches are expertly crafted whole food blends of fruits, nuts, seeds and grains. They are made from 100% organic plant-based ingredients, free from UPF, to ensure you receive the best possible clean energy, aligned with how your body has evolved in nature. Designed for endurance, the ingredients have been carefully selected to provide a balanced blend of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for sustained energy release. The robust waterproof packaging and 12-month shelf life, make the pouches perfect for the rigours of outdoor life and they have been proven on expeditions to Greenland, Mongolia and Patagonia by some of the world's best climbers. Supernatural Fuel is an ethical brand based in Devon; we manufacture our own products by hand, provide a free pouch recycling scheme for our online customers, use local suppliers and look to minimise our impact on the environment as much as possible. We promote natural food and natural movement outdoors for enduring health and wellbeing.
Exploration Quarterly
Founded in 2024 by RGS fellows Roseann and Jonathan Hanson, Exploration Quarterly is a publication for those who do not cease to be curious...to learn...to explore. We define exploration in the broadest sense: Exploration can be geographical. Exploration can be fractal. Exploration can be introspective. Exploration can be expansive. Exploration can be structured. Exploration can be unplanned. Exploration can happen every day. Exploration is continuously seeking new places, new ideas, and new knowledge. Exploration is the essence of being human, what brought us from the forests into the savannahs, and beyond the horizons of Earth to the edges of the known universe. We shall not cease from exploration.
Dhofar Centre for Wildlife Research
The Dhofar Centre for Wildlife Research is a newly established conservation organisation dedicated to advancing environmental research, conservation, and sustainable development across the Arabian Peninsula. Their vision is a wild Arabia, rich in nature, culture and prosperity, alive with biodiversity from ridge to reef. The Centre provides environmental consulting, leads and supports applied research, and coordinates a regional biodiversity monitoring programme, with the help of volunteers, from its field station in the Dhofar Mountains.
British Exploring Society
British Exploring Society is a youth development charity. While much has changed since we were founded in 1932, the core idea - young people preparing for life by developing resilience and confidence through adventure and learning in a remote wilderness, in small self-contained groups - remains at the heart of our work. Today, we intentionally bring together young people from diverse backgrounds. With our community of professional volunteer Leaders and Experts, they exchange ideas online, in tents and canoes, up mountains and in the jungle – all in environments equally alien to them. Most importantly, they unlock self-belief and begin to move beyond the limits of what they, and society, thought possible.
