Lake Baikal in Siberia, the largest fresh water lake in the world.

I have built a career, guiding people through some of the world's most remote and hostile places such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Congo, as well as doing lots of solo expeditions. The big focus for me has always been seeking out those most remarkable, most breathtaking corners of the world and having big adventures there which has led me to what I'm doing right now. A project came to mind about a decade ago, but over recent years, I've decided to give it a go. It is the biggest boldest expedition called the Ultimate seven project. A world first goal to journey from the lowest point in each continent to the highest, entirely by human power. So that is seven separate expeditions over seven continents which will be a multi year project that will take me through 20 countries and 13,000 miles by human power.

The mountains where there is no place for ego.

Socotra brings me a lot of wonder in terms of the natural world. it's a Yemeni island in the Red Sea. It is known as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. We think of Yemen as this kind of war torn country but off its coast, you've got this pristine Island, unique flora and fauna found nowhere else on earth, cave systems which has never been explored, mountains which haven't been climbed and reefs which have never been fully explored and dived.

I've had the privilege of guiding all kinds of people from all walks of life on expeditions and adventures around the world. And there was one person a few years ago, who I guided in northern Iraq and he was by far the happiest person I've ever met. The thing was, he was an 85 year old guy who had terminal cancer.

A quote from John Milton in Paradise Lost. 'The mind is its own place, and in itself / Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven'.