Tag: africa

Young Explorers' Trust

Elliot Connor sails the Atlantic in Darwin’s footsteps

Over the past three months I’ve been lucky enough to sail and film the final leg of the tall ship Oosterschelde’s two year global voyage retracing the famous five year expedition of Charles Darwin and Captain Robert Fitzroy aboard the HMS Beagle. When he set off, Darwin was 22, the same age I am now.…
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Yoni Segal in Tanzania

I was thrilled to get the opportunity in June 2023 to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa and tallest freestanding mountain in the world, at 5785m. It was a one in a lifetime experience that I will remember forever, visiting Africa (which I had never been to before), travelling through five climate zones…
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Ellie and Iwan in Lesotho

The first 2023 expedition to receive YET support was by brother and sister Ellie and Iwan members of a community project in Lesotho. Both suffer from ASD, a form of autism, but hope that their report will encourage others to undertake adventurous expeditions. We would like to tell you about our adventure in Africa that…
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