Speakers
Expert speakers and workshop leaders will share tales from the field and give advice on your own future projects and expeditions.
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Tom Davis-Merry
Tom is a mountaineer, skier, speaker, writer, and expedition leader. He has made first ascents in Kyrgyzstan and the Indian Himalayas and has climbed widely across the Alps and South America.
Meagan Neal
Meagan is the Executive Director of the Transcaucasian Trail Association, leading the development of the new Transcaucasian Trail (TCT) that winds through the stunning Caucasus Mountains of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.
Will Close-Ash
Will runs Mountain Energy with his wife, Naomi.
Spike Reid
Spike is an international mountain leader, photographer and experienced in diving, climbing, fell-running and sailing.
Shona Main
Shona is an emergency and expedition doctor.
Iona Pawson
Iona is an international mountain leader, mountaineering and rock climbing instructor and passionate adventurer.
Ian McClelland
Turn Wild’s founder Ian McClelland is a member of the British Association of Mountain Leaders.
Garth Miller
Garth is a former British Army Gurkha officer. Garth's passion for climbing Himalayan giants has taken him on multiple 8000m peak expeditions, including a recent lightning ascent of Mount Everest.
Freshta Ibrahimi
Freshta was the Programme Manager for the first Afghan Women's Mountaineering Team, operating out of Kabul.
Al Gill
Al led his first expedition in 2022, a scientific mountaineering expedition to retrace a historical route, measure atmospheric microplastics on high-altitude glaciers and record the whole escapade through photography and art.
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