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Our staff regularly participate
in and support inclusive expeditions which involve disabled and
non-disabled people. The internationally based research and adventure
expeditions have focused on expanding opportunities and horizons
whilst demonstrating best practice, sustainability and partnership.
The staff are also regular attendees and workshop facilitators at 'EXPLORE', the RGS-IBG’s expedition planners conference. We have developed and delivered a range of training for courses and workshops on inclusive expedition practice hosted at the Royal Geographical Society – IBG.
Information about current expeditions in 2009 and 2010 can be found in our EVENTS DIARY.
For more information please contact hello@equaladventure.co.uk
CANADA TO ALASKA | WHEEL
THE WORLD | BURNSIDE | ICELAND
| GANGES | ISRAEL |
COPPERMINE RIVER
| JUNE 2003 |
| Canada to Alaska TOP |
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In the summer of 2003, a group of sea kayakers were the first inclusive paddling team to embark on a 1000 mile, 3 month journey through the fjords and glacier-draped mountains of Alaska and British Columbia’s coastline, following the Inside Passage. The team consisted of a highly motivated group of 8 disabled and able-bodied paddlers.
The team's journey followed "The Inside Passage", an intricate and exposed waterway used for generations to link First Nation fishing and whaling communities of the northern stretches of the Pacific to the icy waters of the north.
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28 August – 9 October 2002
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| Wheel the World TOP |
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A four person
inclusive team undertook an overland expedition through East
Africa, crossing Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, driving 4662
miles in a specifically equipped Land Rover 110.
Further
Information |
| JUNE 2002 |
| Burnside TOP |
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The Burnside
Expedition aimed to raise finance for the Heart of Kent Hospice.
The fundraising challenge was to travel the length of the
Burnside River in the barren beauty of Canada’s North
West Territories. The two person team used one open canoe
to travel the Burnside River. The two hundred mile challenge
took team approximately three weeks to travel the class 4
river.
Further
Information |
| MAY 2001 |
| Iceland TOP |
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A ten person team of able bodied and disabled adventurers used the natural resources of Iceland’s rivers and coastline to evaluate a rage of equipment whilst at the same time looking at the development process.
Further
Information |
| DECEMBER 1999/2000 |
| Ganges TOP |
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A team of five men and one woman, able-bodied and disabled, made up a team which during four months in India managed to complete the majority of the proposed journey down the River Ganges, experiencing Indian life both on and off the river. The team however was not able to travel the whole length of the river for two main reasons; logistical problems involving getting medical supplies into India for day to day use by the disabled member of the team slowed progress, in addition security problems in Behair during the team’s journey made travelling through that region impossible.
Further
Information and report |
| FEBRUARY 1998 |
| Israel TOP |
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The project
focused on the development of kayak equipment for disabled
people. The project involved disabled and non-disabled people
from both the UK and Israel. The research involved user trials
of postural support systems for people with spinal cord injury
and for amputees. Safety equipment was also trialled.
Further
Information and report |
| JUNE 1997 |
| Coppermine River TOP |
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An unsupported,
canoe based expedition on a wilderness river, by a team of
three disabled and three able bodied people. A 340-mile journey
over eighteen days from Point Lake to the Arctic Ocean at
the settlement of Kugluktuk.
Further
Information and report |
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