Where it all began. Off to the John Ridgway School of Adventure in the highlands of Scotland at 11 years old.

Sam arrives in Namibia and begins his career as a safari guide

Wild Dog Safaris

Sam’s solo and unsupported cross ing of the Dune Sea, from the Skeleton Coast to Dead Vlei

Private safaris in Namibia and Botswana

Sam arrives in the Sinai for Operation Wallacea

Global Vision International

The first of many crossings of the Sinai, from the Gulf of Suez to the Gulf of Aqaba

Numerous crossings of the Sinai; in the footsteps of Moses, MSN collage etc…

Leading a team of nine people up the world’s most inhospitable coastline to the Angolan border and across the dune sea, on foot and unsupported.

A three week charity paddle alone the longest navigable part of the UK canal network

The first of many expeditions for the British Exploring Society. The Catch 22 outreach program

The British Exploring Society’s first Namibia expedition.

The second British Exploring Society’s expeditions to Namibia

Trek from Farafra to Bahareya Oasis across the White, Black and Crystal deserts

Helped to set up a traditional, but luxury Nile Felucca.

The third British Exploring Society’s expedition to Namibia

Recce and consultant for Amazon programme

In the Footsteps of Laurence, trekking from Wadi Rum to Mudarrawa with 2427 Sqn. Voted best Reserve Forces Expedition of 2014

Trekked from the Red Sea, west across the desert to the Nile

Following the course of the Nile, from the Mediterranean to Khartoum with a Globo TV crew.

The final British Exploring Society expedition to Namibia

British Exporing Society’s outreach programme

The second charity paddle, this time two weeks from the source of the Thames to the Estuary

Sam fulfils his life long dream of becoming a helicopter pilot

Launches the new aviation based luxury adventure holidays

Escorting Rosie Stancer and her team across the Sinai Peninsula with camels and Bedu.