RGS-IBG Explore 2009

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is an age-old institution that has seen members of legend pass through its doors. Names like Livingstone and Shackleton and Stanley have walked the halls and added their work to the volumes in the library. In more recent times membership and fellowship have included legends like Duncan Barbour, Tom Sheppard and Nick Taylor.

For Explore 2009 Scott Brady, Nick Taylor and I made the long trip to walk the same hallowed halls the greats had seen. The goal was not to sell Overland Journal, which already well known in the UK, but to offer what support we could as Overland Journal, Overland Training and Sagen Media to the young students and adventurers just preparing for expeditions all over the world. No one should have to re-invent the wheel and we tried to help in any way that we could. The RGS provides some of the only institutional support in the world to adventurers and scientists mounting vehicle dependant expeditions. This service is one we see as crucial not only to our industry as a whole, but also to the preservation and research on far flung areas where access is only accomplished by vehicle. Some of these budding explorers and scientists are planning expeditions of exceptional scope and bravery and come to explore to learn from those who have done this before. It really is an inspiration to interact with people of like mind both young and old.

We feel that this will be a mainstay of the Overland Journal and Overland Training schedule in years to come and are working with the RGS to promote what they do more in North America.