The Gore-Tex Experience Tour
The Rough Bounds of Knoydart
I’M involved in an exciting project with GORE-TEX Outdoor Products this summer and autumn which I’m really looking forward to. The company is offering young people an opportunity to share their outdoor passions by taking part in a variety of expeditions throughout Europe.
The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour is inviting young people from all over Europe to log on to Facebook and apply for a chance to take part in a variety of outdoor challenges.
Young outdoor enthusiasts from all over Europe are being invited to apply for the chance to learn and discover more about the great outdoors. Whether it is the first ascent of an untouched summit; filming an outdoor documentary in the Scottish wilderness; a photo expedition to Norway’s Lofoten archipelago or manufacturing a legendary trekking-shoe each unique experience will see young people standing toe to toe with those who are a little longer-in-the-tooth or a genuine greybeard - like myself!
GORE-TEX® has mobilised a group of outdoor specialists from different countries who are all ready, willing and able to share their passion, knowledge and experience. By uniting the young outdoor community with older, more experienced individuals, the project aims to uncover fresh new attitudes and develop innovative ideas that push the boundaries and ultimately enhance the development of outdoor sports.
The professionals include four-time world champion ice climber Ines Papert, extreme climber Robert Jasper, internationally acclaimed shoemakers Lukas und Lars Meindl, and myself. My project will be to impart as much knowledge about wilderness living as I can to two young people during a week long expedition to Knoydart, on Scotland’s west coast.
As such, the GORE-TEX® Experience Tour is looking for two young and enthusiastic individuals who are fit, tough, keen to learn, open minded and up for a challenge. The successful candidates will take part in a week long expedition where they will discover what remote really means. They will work together with myself to learn all the skills they need to backpack in the wilds of Scotland as lightweight as possible. More importantly I want to try and impart what knowledge I have about wild land connection and learning from the landscape itself. The idea is to discover what wildness can teach us, in the hope we can take such knowledge back into our everyday lives and so learn to live more in harmony with the land around us.
The youngsters will record their experiences on film and on the last 2 days of the multi-day trek they will step out on their own – video camera in hand – and make their own diary of their days and nights alone in Knoydart. The whole project will be filmed by the UK’s leading adventure film maker - Richard Else, and a DVD will be produced covering every aspect of the journey.
So, if you’re between 18 and 25, and want to learn more about lightweight backpacking and living in harmony with wild landscapes, log on to the Gore-Tex Experience Tour Facebook page and tell us why we should choose you to come to Knoydart with us.
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