Adventurers
MARK KALCH.
“AMAZING! RISK MANAGEMENT TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING WHEN YOUR VERY LIFE IS ON THE LINE. THE PARALLELS YOU DREW WERE SIMPLY OUTSTANDING AND THOROUGHLY EXAMINED. BRAVO!”
Alan Tait, Rio Tinto Limited
Mark Kalch is an audacious explorer who specialises in planning small, unsupported expeditions into the wilderness. In the last thirteen years he has walked the length of the Omo River in Southern Ethiopia, rafted down the mighty Amazon River from its source in the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Ocean, trekked in the Andes of Peru, forged trails through dense jungles in East Africa and walked solo from the northernmost point of the Islamic Republic of Iran to its most southerly border in the Persian Gulf.
During his Amazon adventure, Mark and his team faced acute mountain sickness, dysentery, turbulent whitewater, 30 km wide tidal river waters and being shot at by both the military and narco-terrorists. After the team medic
KEY THEMES Leadership | Team Dynamics | Risk
was struck down with a mystery virus and forced to return home, Mark and his remainging team mate were left to row the final 4500km between them. At times, they rowed twenty four hours a day, in alternating six hour shifts to reach their goal.
Mark is currently planning his 7 rivers, 7 continents project – an attempt to make human-powered descents of the longest river on every continent.
Mark’s experiences of planning small, unsupported expeditions into the wilderness, far from any help and with only himself and his team to rely on, has given him an incredible insight into successful team dynamics, leadership and risk management.
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