Ed Stafford walked into the history books when he became the first man to walk the length of the Amazon River. His epic adventure took two and a half years and his success made headline news, featuring in over 900 articles and on news channels worldwide. His achievement is, as explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes put it: 'Truly extraordinary'.
Ed Stafford is passionate about encouraging others. He is honest and real about the challenges he faced: snakes, severe floods, electric eels, jaguars and the hostility of local tribes confronted with a tall foreign man in their midst. Ed's story has powerful lessons about motivation, resilience, working with others, respect for other culture and staying positive when things are relentlessly tough. Messages about success in the face of adversity, the determination to achieve targets and riding out tough times are delivered in a very entertaining way with a large dollop of self-deprecating humour.
'One of the boldest jungle journeys ever undertaken.' Bear Grylls
'Totally, completely and utterly mad.' Michael Palin
Ed filmed and blogged about his expedition and engaged followers all over the world for two and a half years. His tale of true grit, bravery and determination to succeed against all odds has led to him being described by The Daily Mail as 'Britain's most intrepid hero since Scott of the Antarctic,' and 'A true hero' by The Times.
Ed's footage was made into a Discovery Channel documentary and was sold to over 100 countries. His acclaimed book, Walking the Amazon has been translated into Mandarin, Ukranian, Polish and Spanish as well as being sold to the USA.
Following his epic walk of the Amazon, Ed filmed himself surviving on an uninhabited island for 60 days - a tough project testing Ed in many, often unexpected ways. The resulting series 'Naked and Marooned with Ed Stafford' was shown globally on Discovery Channel during 2013. He continues to work on exciting television projects: Ed's new survival series 'Marooned' with Discovery Channel has been shown worldwide in 2014 and other exciting TV projects are in the pipeline.
Ed Stafford was awarded European Adventurer of the Year 2011. The Guinness World Records formally recognized Ed Stafford's achievement in walking the length of the Amazon: Ed appears in the 2012 Guinness Book of Records.
Ed intends to use his adventures to inspire adults and kids alike to stretch their horizons and believe that they can do so much more.
'Ed was fantastic and I think a large part of this was due to his warm and engaging style... Taking time to understand the audience and our goals before the event, Ed delivered a fantastic session for the Waitrose Personnel Conference. His warm and relaxed style instantly engaged the audience and his inspiring story left the team on a complete high. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending Ed to anyone looking for an inspirational and motivational speaker.'
Waitrose'Your talk was a true hit with everybody at the event. It was truly inspirational, heartfelt, expertly delivered and closed out our conference on a perfect note. In fact, we received our formal customer feedback (by which the customers all rate the speakers for the two day event) and you almost had a perfect score. You had all 5 out of 5 - except for one 4 out of 5…btw, we're still tracking that person down! Seriously, that's an incredibly high score, and a testament to the power of your story.'
Cognizant'Ed delivered an absorbing, fascinating and thought provoking presentation that was absolutely perfect for our audience. Our brief to him was slightly different to his usual motivational speeches but he crafted his presentation superbly, it was very relevant and created the inspirational start to the conference we were looking for.
'He is very engaging, amusing and talks about his amazing experiences in such a modest manner. Next time we will make sure we allow more time for him to speak as our audience were captivated which was apparent afterwards when so many were keen to speak with him.'
Anglian Water'You could not have hit the mark more completely with what you said. Not only was the content of enormous interest in its own right, but your delivery was extremely moving.'
Ernst & Young'You think you've heard all the motivational speeches there are to hear, then someone like Ed proves you wrong. Hearing his tale of determination put any challenging experiences we'd ever had in the workplace into perspective.'
The Oxford Union'As for Ed Stafford - the feedback was brilliant. His session really lifted the afternoon and the feedback was fantastic. His down to earth approach and the story he told was well received. I think he gained a few "fans" on the day and our guests left on quite a buzz.'
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