Hi team, here is a little bit about my journey so far. 

 

Im a professional adventurer and author who lives in Tasmania, Australia. I had military beginnings, joining the Army at 17 years old and serving overseas with 1RAR. After discharge I found missions of a different kind and have dedicated my life to human powered exploration. 

 

Mountaineering was my foundation and I have climbed high altitude peaks on all seven continents. Ocean rowing came next with crossings of the Atlantic Ocean and Tasman Sea achieving world records for both. I also endured a pedal boat crossing from Phuket to Sri Lanka. Pedalling is not the future of water born travel. 

 

Dragging carts across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia with my wife was a first. Fifty seven days and 1805 kilometres to battle test the new marriage, and not a single fight was had. I had found my match. Parachute sports consumed a few years of my early thirties. Skydiving evolved into BASE Jumping, which grew into paragliding missions all over the world. Bike Packing trips across Australia and New Zealand, a two month kayak of the Murray River, and paddling the Bass Strait were a nice respite from the tougher expeditions. 

 

I recently built myself an electric powered solar boat and have been exploring far North Queensland and the Torres Strait ever since. Solo travel in remote regions where Im not the alpha predator keeps pulling me back. 

 

In between expeditions I sell my books and tell stories on stage. Gratefully sharing the lessons learned from 16 years of expeditions in some of the toughest environments on our beautiful planet. There is a hundred mottos out there to live a happy life but one has stuck with me since I was carrying a rifle as a teenager. 

 

‘We only have one life, and one chance, so get out there and make the most of it.’  - Luke