Human-Powered Exploration for a Changing World

I lead long-form expeditions powered by human endurance alone removing convenience to better understand resilience, responsibility, and our relationship with the natural world.

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Human-Powered Exploration

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Exploration still matters, but only if it’s done with intention.

My work is built around human-powered expeditions that remove speed, convenience, and automation. By relying on the body alone, these journeys slow everything down and make consequences visible to the land, to the people encountered, and to the decisions made along the way.

This approach isn’t about nostalgia or endurance for its own sake. It’s a practical framework for responsibility, one that asks harder questions about progress, impact, and what it actually means to move through the world.

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Flagship Expeditions

Long-form journeys built on endurance, logistics, and responsibility.

EXPEDITIONS
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Cape Town → Cairo

On Foot Across Africa

Walking the length of Africa from south to north, this expedition explored endurance at a continental scale — crossing borders, climates, and cultures one step at a time.

Powered entirely by the body, the journey demanded long-term logistics, adaptability, and sustained presence within local communities. It wasn’t designed for speed or spectacle, but for understanding — how people live, move, and connect across distance.

This expedition remains the foundation of my work: slow, human-powered, and shaped by consequence.

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This expedition focused on ascending Mount Kilimanjaro through a sustainability-first lens — examining how human-powered travel intersects with local economies, porters’ welfare, and community-supported tourism.

Rather than treating the mountain as a summit objective alone, the journey emphasized preparation, pacing, and responsibility — highlighting the systems and people that make high-altitude travel possible.

This work reinforced a core belief: meaningful exploration must account for the human infrastructure it relies on.

Mount Kilimanjaro

Human-Powered Ascent & Community-Based Tourism

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Beyond Human is a multi-year expedition designed to reach the world’s highest peaks using human-powered movement alone — relying on walking, cycling, sailing, and climbing to reach each mountain.

The project challenges modern expedition norms by extending timelines and exposing the hidden infrastructure behind adventure travel. Every phase is developed deliberately, with routes, partnerships, and logistics refined long before departure.

This work begins in Summer 2026.

Beyond Human

A Human-Powered Global Expedition (Beginning Summer 2026)

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Media & Storytelling

Documentary work shaped by lived experience.

Media

Documentary Film

Long-form documentary work focused on human-powered expeditions, environmental context, and the people encountered along the way.

These films prioritize observation over narration — allowing environments and lived moments to carry the story.

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Photography

Editorial photography captured in motion — during expeditions, transitions, and moments of waiting.

The work emphasizes scale, presence, and human context rather than spectacle or performance.

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Field Notes & Writing

Long-form writing drawn from expeditions in progress reflecting on endurance, responsibility, and decision-making under constraint.

These pieces function as field notes rather than travelogues, written close to the experience itself.

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Speaking & Partnerships

Work shaped by endurance, responsibility, and long-term thinking.

Partnerships
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Speaking & Education

I speak with organizations and institutions about endurance, decision-making, and responsibility — drawn directly from long-form, human-powered expeditions.

These talks focus on lived experience rather than inspiration, examining what happens when comfort, speed, and certainty are removed. The result is practical insight into resilience, systems thinking, and leadership under constraint.

Common themes include:

  • Endurance beyond motivation

  • Decision-making under uncertainty

  • Responsibility in exploration and leadership

  • Building systems that hold under pressure

Speaking & Education
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Partnerships

I collaborate with brands and organizations aligned with sustainability, long-term thinking, and real-world application.

Partnerships are built around shared values and measurable outcomes — not short-term exposure. Work may include expedition integration, documentary storytelling, research-based field projects, or educational initiatives.

Every collaboration begins with alignment.

Partnerships

Past collaborations include educational institutions, expedition partners, and sustainability-focused brands.

Summiting Kilimanjaro: What I Wish I Knew

A practical field guide based on direct experience ascending Mount Kilimanjaro.

This guide focuses on preparation, pacing, decision-making, and what actually matters at altitude, from gear systems and acclimatization to discomfort and responsibility on the mountain.

Written for climbers who want clarity rather than marketing.

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