Benedict Allen

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Topics:

• Adventure
• Inspirational
• Motivation & Teamwork

From humorous after dinner speaking to motivational conference speaking, Benedict Allen's tales of exploration and adventure make any audience smile, laugh and gasp at his exploits and can leave any audience inspired with his inspirational attitude

The Cat who uses up his lives

Benedict Allen is like a cat who has used up six of his nine lives. He differs from most explorers in that he lives for months at a time with remote tribes, learning their survival techniques. He takes nothing with him into these communities - no equipment, maps or compasses - throwing himself on the mercy of the people he encounters. He has come close to death on many occasions.

Doing anything for televsion

The BBC series Skeleton Coast brought Benedict’s adventures to a wide audience, documenting his experiences walking the diamond-littered coast of Namibia. By the end he had walked 2,000 kilometres, with three very reluctant camels. He has trekked from the remote wilds of Siberia, through the Mongolian steppe and Altai mountains, ending with a lone crossing of the Gobi desert. In New Guinea he was beaten every day for six weeks as part of the Niowra initiation rite, and was repeatedly cut with bamboo blades on his chest and back to give him permanent ‘crocodile’ scars. 

In BBC’s Ice Dogs, Benedict showed how he had to earn the trust and respect of his hardened ten-strong team of dogs. After getting separated from them in a blizzard, and without any form of communication or back-up, he only narrowly survived crossing the Bering Straits.

Benedict has written a number of books including Into the Abyss, which focuses on Benedict's experiences in crossing the Bering Straits, and Into the Crocodile Nest: A Journey Inside New Guinea, which is the story of the time he spent with a tribe in New Guinea and his initiation in to the tribe.

Conference and After Dinner Speaking

In his gripping conference presentations and after dinner speeches, Benedict demonstrates the qualities necessary to succeed and survive - including personal motivation, risk-taking and the ability to adapt to unfamiliar circumstances. 

‘The best feedback I have ever received. He is extraordinary’
Scottish Amicable

‘The audience was spellbound with inspiration’
IBM

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