In episode 6, we talk to remote explorer, mountaineer, arctic pathfinder, and jungle survivor, Lucy Shepherd FRGS.

Lucy explains the personal importance of her term 'don't lose your botheredness’ using epic tales from past expeditions as the vehicle. She shares her perspective on what she thinks are the fundamentals needed to accomplish seemingly impossible goals and dreams. 

Made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society at just 23, Lucy is an adventurer in every sense of the word: She has travelled all over the globe scaling gnarly peaks; leading solo and team expeditions to the Arctic and has crossed countries by foot.

Most recently, Lucy headed to Guyana in South America.  In January 2020, she led an expedition to cross the Kanuku Mountain range: An isolated and protected area of the rainforest. Originally it was to be Lucy with two Amerindians however upon arrival, more indigenous brothers approached Lucy after hearing about the mission. They had wanted to complete this never before recorded crossing their whole lives since they lived beneath the range. After much discussion, it was agreed that Lucy would take all five Amerindians (and a fantastic team they were).

The crossing is never known to have been done in this exploratory way in recent history and the Amerindians and local communities have stories dating hundreds and hundreds of years back saying so and with regards to the mountains. The team completed the crossing after a few weeks in the mountains. Lucy shares insights into times when she came face to face with jaguars, chased by bushmaster snakes and were even taken down by bullet ants!

With a television background, she films each expedition and uses them to communicate her story as well as highlight the climate emergency that she observes during her expeditions.

W: lucyshepherd.net

I: @LucySheps

FB: @LucyShepherdAdventurer

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