Adventurer Benedict is full of travelling tales
One of the world’s most renowned adventurerexplorers, Benedict Allen, will be making an appearance at the Macrobert on Sunday, October 7 at 7.30pm.
Telling tales from his extraordinary career, he will reminisce with neverbefore-seen material from his travels across the globe from deserts to jungles, and even icefields.
Last year Benedict was on a solo expedition to Papua New
Benedict Allen talk at the Macrobert, Stirling
Guinea, filming his journey to visit a community he had befriended thirty years earlier.
He hit the headlines when he failed to turn up to Port Moresby for a scheduled flight to Hong Kong, prompting his friends and family, and eventually the world media, to become concerned for his wellbeing. Travelling with no mobile phone for contact or GPS, Benedict was eventually located and brought back from the tribal warzone by helicopter, whereupon it was discovered that he had been battling malaria and dengue fever.
He plans to show extracts from this expedition and will be releasing a full film later this year.
The 58-year-old will talk about the highs and lows of the awe-inspiring trip.
Often cited as the last of the classical explorers, he is the only person known to have crossed the Amazon Basin at its widest.
He believes we all have an inner adventurer and that the Golden Age of exploration lies not behind us, but ahead.
In 2010 Benedict became a trustee and member of council of the Royal Geographical Society. He said of the talking tour: “This is a hugely exciting venture for me. I can’t wait to travel the UK and share my experiences of some of the most testing, but also wonderfully inspiring corners of the globe.”