Ash’s story

Since 2018, Ash has reported for the leading adventure news site ExplorersWeb, covering expeditions around the globe, from polar journeys to long-distance treks and kayaking adventures. He also explores key issues shaping the expedition industry.

Ash’s work has appeared in magazines and newspapers such as National Geographic UK, Sidetracked, The Guardian, The Great Outdoors, and Outside. He has interviewed globally known adventurers including Reinhold Messner and Børge Ousland, and his reporting has been cited in newspapers such as The Washington Post and The Globe and Mail.

Ash has been camping for around 30 years, beginning as a Boy Scout, and has been hiking in the mountains for over 20 years. He now specialises in northern adventure travel and regularly spends time in the Arctic. He has trekked in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, and Siberia, where he spent twenty days walking across the world’s largest frozen lake.

Adventure is not his only passion. He works as a public health academic, and in his academic career has published over 70 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as The British Medical Journal, which have been cited over 5,000 times.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of The American Polar Society. He calls the Leicestershire countryside in the UK home, where he lives with his partner and daughter.