A BBC documentary maker, best selling author and acclaimed public speaker, Mark Beaumont is currently at home in Scotland writing his second book, attending events and training for his next expedition… more details soon.
In 2007/8 Mark broke the World Record for cycling around the world, covering 18,296 miles in 194 days and 17 hours, breaking the old record by 81 days.
In 2009/10 he cycled from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, stopping to climb the highest peaks of Denali and Aconcagua on route.
Biography
Mark Beaumont is 27 years old and has been an adventurer from an early age. When Mark is not on expedition he is usually busy at events or writing books, whilst also training and planning for the next project.
Mark’s public speaking takes him to many businesses and organisations, both in UK and abroad. In business and commerce, Mark is the first Corporate Ambassador for LDC (‘Lloyds TSB Development Capital’). As Patron of the Saltire Foundation, Scotland’s leading intern and fellowship program, Mark promotes the role entrepreneurs play in business. He supports this message through his school visiting programme, many of whom follow his expeditions online.
Mark continues to raise money and awareness for a number of charities and is a patron for the TUSK Trust and Orkidstudio, is an ambassador for the Scottish Wildlife Trust and is a founding trustee of the Active Earth Foundation.
Expeditions
From June 2009 until February 2010 Mark was on expedition from Anchorage in Alaska to Usuaia, in Tierra del Fuego. The aim was to climb the highest peaks in both North and South America and cycle the length of the Rocky and Andes mountains. Mark successfully summited Denali (Mount McKinley) at 6,198m and Aconcagua at 6,962m as well as cycling over 13,000 miles. This journey was captured for a three part BBC1 documentary series called ‘The Man who Cycled the Americas,’ that was shown in March/April 2010. A book about this journey will be published May 2011.
From August 2007 until February 2008 Mark was cycling around the world. In 194 days and 17 hours and after 18,296 miles, through 20 countries, Mark finished back at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, breaking the previous circumnavigation World Record by 81 days. A four part BBC1 series called ‘The Man who Cycled the World’ documented this journey. Marks first book, by the same name was published in May 2009 and has become a sports bestseller. Mark held the circumnavigation World Record for two and a half years until Vin Cox (UK) set a new time of 163 days, 6 hour and 58 minutes.
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