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29/12/2023 GMT

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Three adventurers share their experiences of 2023

Towering waves, exploding inner tubes and language barriers – three adventurers share their experiences of 2023.

We have spent the last year here on BBC OS Conversations covering some of the world’s major news stories. As the year draws to a close, however, we thought it would be interesting to hear from three people who have been doing something completely different in 2023 for their perspective on the world. 

Fifty-three-year-old professional explorer from Australia, Geoff Wilson, joined us from Canada. He has just completed the first part of his latest expedition, Project Zero, a two-year journey to promote the concept of “carbon neutral exploring”. So far, the adventure has included crossing perilous crevasses in Patagonia and battling towering waves at sea.

“I was woken up by my son and his mate Geordie who were on watch saying that the boat was surfing down 15, 16 metre waves at about 16 knots,” Geoff tells host, James Reynolds. “It just felt that everything had gone to custard very quickly.”

We bring Geoff together with Kiyonah Mya Buckhalter, a 25-year-old New Yorker. Kiyonah is Muslim, black and blogs as the “Veiled Traveller” on Instagram.

“Travelling the way I do,” she says, “I’ve had to grow my confidence to get people to understand that I do have a warm heart and I am smiling very hard under this veil, even though they may not see it.”

We also hear from 29-year-old Noel Salmon from London. Noel has just completed a seven-month solo cycle of the old Silk Road from Turkey to China, which involved extreme temperatures and exploding inner tubes. 

A Boffin Media production in partnership with the BBC OS team.

(Photo: Noel Salmon on his cycle from Turkey to China. Credit: Noel Salmon)

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