In this short interview (Capt) Jake Mayer opens up about how he started life as an adventurer, his favourite song to summit to and what the future holds.
“Everest changed my life; K2 defined it”
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Why you need to try Wild Swimming
Now that summer is here, it’s time to embrace the (slightly) warmer weather and get open water swimming. As an exercise, swimming is fantastic for your health, but going out in cold water brings even more benefits. More and more people are flocking to lidos and ponds near them to satisfy their thirst for open…
Guest Report: Scotland Weekend Challenge May 2019
For our Scotland Weekend Challenge in May 2019, we asked one of our participants to write the report, to see the challenge through their eyes and a different lens. Perri took up the mantle and was kind enough to share her experience with you all here. Adventure travel is not easy. There is so much…
A Taster of the Talisker Whisky Coastal Challenge
The Exmoor National Park recently bore witness to a totally unique event. 20 intrepid adventurers, including Rugby World Cup winner, Will Greenwood, made the early train from Paddington and travelled to the stunningly wild North Devon coast for a taster of the Talisker Whisky Coastal Challenge by IGO Adventures. IGO and Talisker teams into a…
Rigby Group Corporate Adventure Challenge Report
When the IGO team first visited the Lake District on a recce mission in 2018 the general report was that the weather can be ‘interesting’. I think ‘variable’ was also used. Fast forward to the end of April 2019 and 33 intrepid adventurers from the Rigby Group made their way to Cumbria ready to embark…
5 Minutes with Charlie Boher
IGO Ambassador, ‘Elite’ Marathon runner and Worlds Toughest Mudder gives us an insight into how he ended up on the start line with Paula Radcliffe and his future racing plans.
Fuelling & Hydrating your way to your best
Rory Lawson, former international rugby player speaks about how he maintains peak performance with correct fuel and hydration and how CocoPro was born to fill a vital gap in the market. To be at my best I knew I needed to get the fundamentals right – physical preparation and mental preparation. Getting myself physically right…
Adventures in Exmoor
Exploring Heddon’s Mouth As I drive down a narrow track in a remote part of North Devon searching for a stunning campsite option, my wife Lucy, son Max and dog Thumpa are all convinced I have totally the wrong place and choices for turning around for a hasty retreat become more and more limited. My…
Exploring the mind
Many of us spend our lives in a state of flux, city buzz and Saturday night fever. At IGO we’re aware of the science of over-doing this. Being constantly exposed to the stresses of a day-to-day city life we’re hitting up our sympathetic nervous system more than we even know. Fight or flight should be…