RGS Explore Weekend speakers and facilitators
Meet the world-leading experts at the RGS Explore Weekend who have generously shared tales, insights and advice from their deep involvement in expeditions and fieldwork.
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Ronnie Legg
Ronnie is a climber and mountaineer who designs outdoor clothing for a living.
Cat Burford
Cat Burford, 'The Molar Explorer', is a dentist by profession passionate about using adventurous journeys to inspire others and challenge stereotypes.
Emma Karslake
Emma Karslake is an adventurer, writer and cycle tour guide who has spent the past eight years exploring the world by bike.
Cory Jones
Cory is an explorer, conservationist, writer and mental health first aider with over 30 years experience in the field.
Kate Rawles
A former university lecture, Kate is a free-range activist/author/speaker, using the Adventure Plus concept to reach broad audiences.
Paul Rose
Chair of Explore 2025, Paul Rose is a renowned explorer, environmentalist and broadcaster.
Beki Henderson
Beki is a BAFTA-nominated TV Producer and Director with over a decade of experience capturing stories from the world’s most remote and extreme locations.
Roland Arnison
Roland Arnison is an expedition leader, film-maker, drone pilot, writer, environmental consultant and explorer.
Alex Keefe
Alex is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer-director, aspiring expedition leader and adventure motorcyclist. Alex has a passion for storytelling, science communication and understanding the impact of adventure on mental well-being.
Alex McMaster
Alexander McMaster is a writer and ecologist from the Atlantic coast of Ireland. As a professional diver and seafarer he is involved with scientific research and community engagement in coastal regions. With over a decade of maritime experience, he currently works as a search and rescue leader in the Central Mediterranean.
Anna Shekhdar
Anna is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, fullfilling her passion for skiing and mountains through her role as Medical Director for Endeavour Medical.
Ash Bhardwaj
Ash is one of the country’s top travel writers and broadcasters, co-host of the First Mile podcast, and winner of the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Best Broadcast Programme of the Year.
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