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Alex Staniforth

Alex Staniforth

Adversity Adventurer, Motivational Resilience Speaker, Author and Mental Health Activist

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Everest 2015

Fellrunning Lake District

July 20, 2016

Training for Everest or an 8000m peak

With 16 talks in the last 32 days to over 900 people, one of the key questions has been: “What’s next?”. It’s Cho Oyu. The 6th highest peak in the

Category iconCho Oyu 2016,  Everest 2015,  Training Tag icon8000m,  alex staniforth,  author,  bear grylls,  bike,  cheshire,  cho oyu,  cycling,  everest,  everesting,  fitness,  Health,  himalayas,  icefall,  mountaineering,  movie,  training

Everest Avalanche

May 1, 2015

Mount Everest 2015 Earthquake: What really happened

This is my latest and final blog from my Everest 2015 expedition. This season is now officially over, but the carnage for the people of Nepal is far

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag icon2015,  alex staniforth,  Avalanche,  disaster,  donate,  earthquake,  everest,  Himalayan Trust,  HTUK

April 23, 2015

Settling in at Everest Base Camp

My first blog from Everest base camp and this time I'm glad to be able to report the positive progress and anticipation of our expedition, which last

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag icon2015,  active cheshire,  alex staniforth,  basecamp,  epic7,  everest,  himalayas,  puja blessing,  westgrove

April 13, 2015

Living the dream

Yet another dispatch from the Khumbu valley on my way to Everest. We're having our cake AND eating it at the Hermann Bakery in Pangboche.   The

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag icon2015,  active cheshire,  alex staniforth,  epic7,  everest,  himalayas,  westgrove

April 4, 2015

Hitting the trail

Bistārai bistārai ākarṣaka bām̐dara. Most climbers on Everest this season will be starting their blogs with 'Namaste' which means 'Hello' in

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag icon2015,  active cheshire,  alex staniforth,  epic7,  himalayas,  nepal,  westgrove

March 28, 2015

Found a way and made one.

Thankyou. Seriously, thankyou. The aim of this blog in particular is to try and show my appreciation for the selfless generosity, time, support,

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag icon2015,  alex staniforth,  cheshire,  epic7,  everest

March 21, 2015

Seven Days!

Can't believe how lucky I am to be able to childishly imitate the movie 'The Ring' and whisper 'SEVEN DAYS' for the second time in just 2 years. I'm

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag iconalex staniforth,  crib goch,  everest,  everest training,  snowdonia,  ste rumbelow

March 6, 2015

A day in the life of an Everest climber-to-be…

At a talk last weekend, my fourth of the week (a new personal best!) I was asked: ''When was the last time you said no to someone?''. Which got me

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag iconalex staniforth,  cheshire,  everest 2015,  everest expedition,  everest training

February 9, 2015

Reviewed: the Invisible Tent

Rather than trickling in bits about my training, I thought I should write a little piece about my recent experiences ahead of this week’s EPIC7

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January 24, 2015

Ice ice baby…

To begin with... a very happy new year to you. 2015 is another exciting year for opportunity and change. Instead of watching the London Eye erupt into

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag icon2015,  active cheshire,  alex staniforth,  aviemore,  dayinsure,  epic7,  everest,  ideal365,  marmot,  Scotland climbing,  shortlist,  training,  westgrove group,  Winter

December 23, 2014

No snow? Never mind – there’s plenty on Everest…

So here's a post before everyone breaks up for the Christmas period. Unless you're working part-time in a restaurant like me, in which case it only

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag iconactive cheshire,  alex staniforth,  cheshire,  climb,  epic7,  everest,  everest 2014,  nepal,  south ridge,  teenager,  westgrove

December 3, 2014

The Everest dream remains afloat!

Had an interesting couple of weeks. Both successes and troughs. So I'll focus on the successes. Glad to confirm Dayinsure.com as the most recent

Category iconEverest 2015 Tag iconalex staniforth,  cammell laird,  cheshire,  dayinsure,  epic7,  everest,  insurance,  tarporley

November 18, 2014

Déjà Vu

Pleased to announce Cammell-Laird and BiG Storage as the latest sponsors on my Everest journey alongside Ideal 365 Ltd who I announced recently.

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🌎 The Lake District #GetOutside
Athlete @inov_8 @ordnancesurvey @ellisbrigham

Alex Staniforth - Adventurer
You can't beat a good walk with great friends - an You can't beat a good walk with great friends - and a dog.

Grateful to get back on proper hills this week. There's something about being outside that makes it easier to open up and share what's really going on in our lives. We have less eye contact than face-to-face conversations, where we normally avoid showing emotions. That's the whole ethos @mindomountains - creating safe spaces to walk & talk, and a chance to leave some mental baggage behind.

Next Thursday 2nd Feb is #TimeToTalkDay. If you know someone who's struggling or withdrawn, make some time to talk - and get out for a walk if you can. 

Thanks @hatching_a_plan_ @danobeaumont for the company today.

#forgotthehatthough @ordnancesurvey 
@ellisbrigham
Excited to continue as an @inov_8 athlete in 2023! Excited to continue as an @inov_8 athlete in 2023!

Super grateful for the faith & support, when I still don’t know when I’ll be back running again. Even beforehand I was only really an average runner, not exactly winning races or breaking records - but hopefully what I CAN do for now is help everyone else going through their own setbacks, physically and mentally. We all know that running itself is the straightforward part. Holding on through the setbacks is the hardest training we’ll ever do.

Lucky to work with great brands supporting athletes through tough conditions, not just on the mountains and the trails, but in our everyday lives.

Photo @andymiltonphotography last April - always gets my best side! 😂

#inov8 #getagrip #endurancerunning #enduranceathlete #longcovid #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #fellrunning #lakedistrict #coniston #athletemindset #ultraendurance #mountainrunning
4:01pm. Still light! Walking with my friend @ric 4:01pm. Still light! 

Walking with my friend @richjjones today we chatted about the paradox of choice. When the conditions are great you want to make the most of them. But living on the edge of the Lakes, there's too many good options! We're incredibly lucky that even our 'boring' route is probably a day trip out for others.

Sometimes I've dragged myself out for a sunrise run, changed my route (at least twice) and ended up missing it altogether... Anyone else?! 

Too many choices = decision fatigue. 

Barack Obama was famously known for having just 2 colours of suit so he could focus his energy on more important decisions. 

Moral of the story: cut out the noise, get outside and find the beauty in every moment. 

@ordnancesurvey
@ellisbrigham

#WinterBlues #SpringIsComing
What if I fall? ... But what if you fly? Throwba What if I fall? 
... But what if you fly?

Throwback to last January, prancing around in the Howgills. My favourite training ground: a quiet kingdom of runnable hills, mindless descents, and once you're up, you're alone on the tops for miles. 

My photo archive is getting a little thin now so hopefully I'm running again soon, or you'll end up getting dog photos and trips to Ikea instead...

📸 @danieltoalphoto 

@ordnancesurvey @inov_8 @ellisbrigham #Snow #Howgills #Fellrunning #GetOutside #Downhill #WinterRunning #longcovid
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