Ed Stafford – Explorer | Motivational Speaker | Writer
"In a day of so many journeys to the Poles and summits of Mount Everest, what these lads have undertaken in the form of Expedition5 is a truly unique world first. They will battle some [...]
29th December, 2016: Job Done
After we made it into Tayan, we decided to leave our beloved vessel in favour of yomping the final 120k/130k to avoid negotiating the tides in the Kapuas delta, that and the salt water [...]
Christmas Day: Down the Sungi we go!
With food in our stomachs and the jungle nightmares behind us we set about our next move. Our aim was to buy a boat and utilise the huge rivers of Western Kalimantan, the Sungai [...]
21 Dec, 2016 – Alone in the Jungle . . .
Alone in the jungle, our morale at its lowest ebb since we embarked on our journey we were faced with a brutal choice. Crack on into one of the last unexplored corners of the planet, [...]
18 Dec, 2016 – A bridge too far . . .
After a fair well coffee with the legend Misrandi and his team it was once again back to the Ex5 duo. We had our sights firmly set on getting to Timbanganio. A place that [...]
01 Dec, 2016 – Through the back way . . .
Blog entry number 4. Date: 1st December 2016. Through the back way.... A while had passed since we last had the opportunity to send back a blog, and the adventure is well and truly underway! [...]
23 Nov, 2016 – Location: Muarahlawa > Sore feet . . . and the first white faces!
Location: Muarahlawa Its been seven days since we started this expedition, after leaving behind the large built up areas on the east coast it immediately became apparent that the mapping we have is both [...]
18 Nov, 2016 – First few steps . . . many more to go
FIRST FEW STEPS . . . . MANY MORE TO GO At around 0800 (Borne time) (midnight UK time) on Wednesday 16th November we set off from the east coast near Samarinda heading to [...]