Come to June’s Esc Wednesday: Ed Stafford

We’ve got a really exciting evening planned for June 8th’s Esc Wednesday. Our speaker is Ed Stafford – of Walking the Amazon fame (see BBC coverage). We were fortunate enough to have Ed speak at our first birthday party in Jan.

Ed Stafford became the first man to walk the length of the Amazon river in South America from the source to the sea. He walked for 860 days. He started on 2nd April 2008 and finished in August 2010. No-one had ever done what he attempted.

June’s Esc Wednesday will be a sneak preview of Ed’s UK Theatre Tour which begins the following night on the 9th June. Check out where else you can catch him in June here.

An Evening with Ed Stafford.

European Adventurer of the Year Ed Stafford will be with us at our June Esc Wednesday to talk about his remarkable world-first expedition, an ‘impossible journey’ tracing the entire length of the Amazon on foot – which he completed in August 2010.

June is an exciting month for Ed, with his first book being published and a theatre tour planned for the UK. Ed’s book Walking the Amazon, (Virgin) – is an honest and articulate examination of what it took to organise, undertake and complete this expedition.

Please join us:

We will be meeting at Adam Street Club – the private members club for entrepreneurs just off the Strand on the evening of Wednesday 8th June. Ed will be giving a short talk about his story before we open it up to the room for a Q&A session.

To attend please do two things:

Buy your ticket – click here
Send us a question for Ed: team@escapethecity.org (please do do this – makes for a great Q&A)

The bar opens 6 pm. Please come for a drink and a chat. The talk will start between 7.30 and 8 pm.

5 reasons to come…

You’d like to meet someone who’s completed a world-first expedition, previously deemed ‘impossible’. You might have heard/seen Ed Stafford’s story when he became the first man to walk the entire length of the Amazon in August 2010.
You’re interested in finding out what it’s really like to walk day after day through thick jungle, often up to your chest in swampy water infested with caiman and piranha.
You’re keen to organise an expedition yourself and would like to find out more about how it’s done.
There’s nothing wrong with living vicariously! Through Ed’s talk and the fantastic images of the Amazon he will show you can travel to the Amazon and back without having to get out of your seat. And you can have a pint at the same time.
You want to find out more about Escape the City and want to have a chat with founders Dom & Rob.