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Earlier this month we met with outdoor explorer, Colonel\u00a0John Blashford-Snell<\/a>\u00a0in one of our stores and had a quick chat with him about his experiences in the wild – quite a tricky question when there’s a lot to choose from! In 1969 Blashford-Snell founded the Scientific Exploration Society<\/a>, a UK-based charity that carry out an array of scientific expeditions focusing on scientific, conservation, education\u00a0and community aid projects across the globe.\u00a0During our conversation, John explained that\u00a0outdoor adventurer Ben Fogle and\u00a0European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peak were\u00a0just a couple of his previous students. Others include the\u00a0British ambassador in Beijing, and thousands of other young men and women who have all carried on in the world of outdoor exploration.<\/p>\n

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With this in mind, we wanted to know what advice he’d give to younger explorers out there who might be looking to start their journey in the great outdoors. “Well, the first thing I\u2019d say is go whilst\u00a0you\u2019re young. You may not have a lot of money, but you\u2019ve got your strength and your abilities. By the time you\u2019ve got some money you might not have all those vital necessities such as your health and fitness – so while you\u2019re young, go out and see the world.” John continued to say “but at the same time try to do some sort of project that helps the world.” Speaking from experience, John advised “don’t just go wandering off, ambling with no purpose. They’re a lot of organisations these days that help young people like Raleigh International and The British Exploring Society. It’s much more satisfying if you set yourself a target i.e. teaching English or teaching children how to make a boat.”<\/p>\n

Speaking with pride, John went on to talk about a past student’s experience who went to New Guinea to inspire\u00a0the young people he met there to build canoes and then started the canoe industry there. A similar project took place in Guyana where they “discovered a tribe where the young people were drifting away \u00a0to the coast, probably getting into trouble with the police as they had no trade. We decided to set up an expedition to take over a grand piano (the film ‘The Grand Adventure’ was based on these events) and brought one\u00a0from England into the jungle and taught the young people how to play, revitalizing their interest in music.<\/p>\n

‘The Grand Adventure’ went worldwide and as a result of this, an\u00a0American charity offered to give the tribe 2 million dollars and in return asked them to turn their territory into a protected zone, guarding it from\u00a0illegal loggers and miners. The area is now the size of Wales! John reflects “and this all started with taking a grand piano out there to give these young people purpose, so I’m\u00a0saying to young people today, if you\u2019re thinking of going out somewhere, do something that\u2019s really worthwhile and you can come back and say \u2018well, not only did I have an interesting time and saw things possibly other people haven\u2019t seen, but I left behind a real legacy that helped the people on the ground.'”<\/p>\n

Colonel John-Blashford Snell offered some valuable advice there to young explorers who might be thinking of going on an outdoor adventure. Stay tuned for our next post where we find out John’s favourite past experiences and what he has coming up this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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