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 are currently developing a range of training for
a training course on inclusive expedition practice to be hosted
at the Royal Geographic Society – IBG in 2004. For more information
please contact equal@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 will be 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 consists of a highly motivated group of 8 disabled
and able-bodied paddlers.
The teams journey will follow "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
|
| Wheel the World TOP |
 |
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 |
 |
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. Using the natural
resources of Iceland’s rivers and coast line to evaluate
a rage of equipment whilst at the same time look 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. During the
team’s four months in India it 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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