Amazon Uncharted: Redefining the Explorer with Lucy Shepherd

Lucy is a 29 year old explorer and speaker from Suffolk and is not stranger to extreme environments having previously summited Denali, crossed the High Sierra in California and been dramatically airlifted from the mountains in Tajikistan.  In this episode WEM Medical Director Dr Will Duffin speaks to Lucy about her most recent adventure in the Amazon: a world first trek - through 250 miles of virgin rainforest in Guyana’s Kanuku Mountains. They discuss what motivates Lucy, how she crafted a unique and special team, how to thrive in the jungle including camp craft and navigation skills. Lucy reflects on Dramatic run ins with savage river rapids, bushmaster snakes, packs of wild pigs and coordinating a jungle medivac, as well as how adjusting to life back home afterwards. Lucy will be speaking at this years world extreme medicine conference about how you can push the boundaries in your own life and career. You can join us in person or digitally 19th to 21st November in Edinburgh by clicking here. As genuine travel has become easier and easier, true adventure has inevitably become ever more elusive. Enter Lucy Shepherd. At twenty-nine years old, Shepherd is at the forefront of modern exploration. From mountain range and tropical rainforests, to the Arctic tundra, she has plotted a thrilling, inimitable path for herself. In December 2021, Shepherd gained global recognition for her expedition across untouched and unexplored Amazon rainforest. She documents and shares her endeavours not only to captivate audiences and demonstrate the harrowing effects of climate change but inspire a new generation of bold adventurers and influential stewards. Her message? Adventure is a mindset, not a moment.