How I almost died in Mongolia…

How I almost DIED when becoming the first person to walk alone and unsupported across Mongolia.
Sharing stories of previous expeditions before attempting the new one in Suriname 🇸🇷

This journey had been attempted three times by a solider who failed each time.
l attempted this with no insurance or true evacuation plan... reckless, I know, but I didn’t have the funds for this.
In order to survive this journey, I needed to pull everything in a trailer weighing 120kg! (18st / 260lbs).
I was doing over a marathon a day, over the Altai mountains, across the Gobi Desert and Mongolian steppe, whilst pulling a trailer which was a similar weight to a heavy weight boxer.

This journey was 78 days & 1,500 miles.
I barely saw any locals and at one point went over eight days without seeing a single human.
I was told it was impossible, that the locals never do this alone or without camels, yaks and horses.

I was followed by a pack of wolves and was told by the locals that l’d be eaten alive.
I was hit by snow blizzards in the Altai Mountains and sand storms in the Gobi Desert.
I started slipping into severe dehydration and was desperate to reach the next water source.

However, the water source (water well) was dry, I was now in the middle of the Gobi desert and had no way out.
It was 40+dc temperatures, the trailer was sinking into the soft sand and I had to hide underneath the trailer, which was my only respite from the sun. It was like pulling a concrete block through hell.
I thought | was going to die, but decided to walk 100 meters every 5 minutes, whilst rationing the last remaining dribbles of water that I had.

Eventually I made it, I almost died and felt my organs drying up, but arrived at a water source that had people and took eight days to recover.

I continued to push on and became the first person ever to walk SOLO & UNSUPPORTED across Mongolia, proving it was in fact possible, whilst also raising funds for the locals, to help them to continue to living their nomadic lifestyl