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Alex Staniforth

Alex Staniforth

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

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November 29, 2017

Back to Nepal and a Christmas Closer to Home

So, are you going back to Everest?! I should have known that posting photos of Lukla Airport would send the Twitter sphere into a frenzy. It’s like

Category iconAdventure,  Nepal Tag iconama dablam,  base camp,  charity,  everest,  fire,  kyangjuma,  nepal,  phase worldwide,  trekking

Lakpa Thunda Sherpa

November 29, 2016

Lakpa Thundu Sherpa – A legend made and lost in the mountains

This isn't my usual blog post, and certainly not one I wanted to write either. Yesterday my friend Lakpa Thundu Sherpa died in an avalanche on Ama

Category iconCho Oyu 2016 Tag iconama dablam,  Avalanche,  cho oyu,  everest,  expedition,  lakpa thundu sherpa,  nepal,  sherpa

May 12, 2016

What were you doing this last time year?

I was returning from my second attempt to climb Everest. The Nepal earthquake put a stop to that. Three guys on my team didn't come home after an

Category iconInspiration Tag iconalex staniforth,  Avalanche,  cheshire,  climbing,  earthquake,  everest,  fundraising,  hull,  icefall,  keswick,  mountaineering,  nepal,  westgrove

May 2, 2016

Icefall – the book tour!

Pleased to announce the first dates of my book signing and speaking tour across the UK over the coming months. More details will follow - but this is

Category iconIcefall Tag iconalex staniforth,  author,  Avalanche,  bear grylls,  blog,  book,  cheshire,  climbing,  everest,  icefall,  nepal,  release

April 27, 2016

Walk4Nepal – 12 Months On

Last Summer I organised a fundraising 'Walk for Nepal' in my local area. We had six people and raised £70. Every little helps, especially

Category iconAdventure,  Inspiration Tag icon12monthson,  alex staniforth,  anniversary,  Avalanche,  charity,  earthquake,  everest,  nepal,  phase,  phase worldwide,  snowdon,  snowdonia,  walk4nepal

August 12, 2015

Everesting – Summiting in the Saddle

My tale of cycling the vertical height of Mount Everest (29,035ft) within 24 hours. Read on... So as you're likely aware my last two attempts to

Category iconChallenges,  Cycling Tag iconactive cheshire,  alex staniforth,  bike,  challenge,  cycling,  dufton,  earthquake,  everest,  everesting,  fundraising,  great dun fell,  knock,  mick walker,  nepal,  pennines,  ultra,  vegan cyclist,  westgrove group

August 3, 2015

Adapt and Overcome

I couldn't climb Mount Everest, this year, or last year, so I will cycle up it. Sort of... Right now, the Nepal earthquake victims have had to adapt

Category iconInspiration,  Uncategorized Tag iconalex staniforth,  attempt,  challenge,  cycling,  everest 2015,  everest24,  everesting,  great dun fell,  himalayan trust uk,  nepal,  pennines

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

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

May 2, 2014

Coming back stronger: it’s what I do best.

So after nearly a whole week in Kathmandu I've had time to dwell on the events that I've been through on this rollercoaster of a month. I've been able

Category iconEverest 2014 Updates Tag iconalex staniforth,  everest 2014,  expedition,  icefall avalanche,  mount everest,  nepal

April 25, 2014

The cruel and twisted end to Everest 2014.

It's with bitter disbelief and immense disappointment to confirm my Everest 2014 expedition is over. I am utterly gutted and I cannot pretend

Category iconEverest 2014 Updates Tag iconalex staniforth,  Avalanche,  everest,  everest 2014,  everest expedition,  nepal,  tim mosedale

April 2, 2014

Fall Down 7 Times… Get Up 8 Times… Never Ever Give Up.

The tears choked my family as I waved goodbye and shuffled through security at Manchester Airport. The big day was here. "I'll see you in June!" I

Category iconEverest 2014 Updates Tag iconeverest,  Fight,  Kathmandu,  Keep going,  Luck,  mountaineering,  Namche Bazaar,  nepal,  tim mosedale,  Win

March 16, 2014

”Are you the chap that’s climbing Everest?”

The title of the blog is the question I was asked by a lady whom I'd cycled past on Wednesday evening, on a routine 60 mile ride from my local village

Category iconEverest 2014 Updates Tag icon2014,  alex staniforth,  charity,  cheshire,  chester,  climb for change,  climb4change,  everest,  himalayas,  I,  itv news,  Mountains,  nepal,  pingtree,  record attempt,  south,  southeast ridge,  teenager,  textlocal,  uk loans

February 28, 2014

”If you say you can or you can’t do something, you’re probably right”.

I'm not usually one to promise something then not deliver... but I've fallen into the trap of promising to keep my blogs updated more often and

Category iconEverest 2014 Updates,  Uncategorized Tag icon2014,  alex,  alex staniforth,  brit,  briton,  charity,  climb,  climb4change,  everest,  mountain,  nepal,  pingtree,  quintessential,  record attempt,  ridge,  south,  south east,  staniforth,  textlocal,  uk loans,  youngest

January 1, 2014

Natural remedies for a New Years hangover…

First of all, it's a little late but happy New Year to all of my followers and supporters! Hope you had a good Christmas too. Only 359 days to the

Category iconEverest 2014 Updates Tag icon2014,  alex staniforth,  clic sargent,  climb for change,  climb4change,  climbing,  everest,  fundraising,  mountaineering,  nepal,  REACT,  record attempt,  south,  southeast ridge,  textlocal,  tim mosedale

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Alex Staniforth - Adventurer
Back where it all began. Running with my old man! Back where it all began. Running with my old man!

Last March I got my Parkrun PB at Keswick and this weekend got my slowest at Fell Foot.

The plan was to keep my heart rate under 145bpm to avoid another crash of fatigue, which meant walking most of the hills. It took the discipline of Yoda not to set off chasing people like the good old days, especially when my dad overtook me in the first km. 

I hated exercise as a kid. On holiday in France my stepmum bribed me with €2 to run a mile with him. That was a lot of money back then... I hated every minute but dad inspired me to enter a 10km race for charity, and the rest is history. Dad came to watch every race since, as I happily claimed the family record at every distance from 5km to marathon, whilst he retired to become a Parkrun tourist. 

Never thought he'd beat me again, but never forget where you started.
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#LongCovid #TheComeback #MatchingJackets #parkrun #loveparkrun #fellfootpark
#LakeDistrict #lakedistrictuk #runninginspiration #Fellfoot #windermere #parkruntourist #fatherson
Much-needed adventure inspiration from @mrmarkbeau Much-needed adventure inspiration from @mrmarkbeaumont on his Faster tour at Rheged last weekend. 

Mark is the fastest person to cycle around the world in 80 days (that's 240 miles a day... for perspective) amongst many other records. He's been a huge personal inspiration and kindly endorsed my 2nd book.

So much resonated, but a few favourite takeaways: 

- Trust the process, the bigger picture will always take care of itself. 

- Remove the faff. His team had to ensure he was on the bike by 4am, not 4:05am. That would have added an entire day to his record.

- Mark had 40 people working on his world record. He knew that if he failed, the whole team failed. 

- Good times won't last forever, but that means the bad ones won't either... 

Thanks Mark. Grab his books, talks and films if you're needing some adventure inspiration! 

#faster #worldcycle #ultracycling #markbeaumont #inspiration #80days #mindset #cyclingheroes #rheged #ultracyclist 
@speakersfromtheedge
214/214 Wainwrights complete! Somehow it's taken 214/214 Wainwrights complete! 

Somehow it's taken 12 years, 8 months and 25 days since my first summit, Souther Fell, aged 14 (swipe for evidence). For those who don't know, the Wainwrights are a list of 214 summits created by legendary writer Alfred Wainwright. There was no better hill to finish than the aptly named 'Great Cockup', with a great crowd of friends.

The record is 5 days 12 hrs 14 mins... If only we hadn't stopped for a sandwich 😂 

Meanwhile @thehodfather666 is currently climbing all 214 with a 4 stone hod of house bricks, to raise money for @mindomountains.

However fast you go, there's something strangely addictive about this collection of fells. It's been a fun project to explore the Lakes and maybe one day I'll start again to see how fast I can get around... 

📸@danobeaumont

#GreatCockup #Wainwrights #LakeDistrict #Hillwalking  #GetOutside #Lakes #peakbagging #wainwrightswalks
A big welcome to the first CEO of @mindomountains, A big welcome to the first CEO of @mindomountains, Ian Sansbury! 

When Chris and I founded the charity in 2020 we never imagined how big it would become. From the flagship event with @adventureuncovered to delivering 27 events last year, supporting 300+ people with their mental health, including the NHS, Police and Ambulance Service.

Leadership is about creating a vision, and building a great team to achieve it - like our wonderful trustees, team and 50+ freelance staff who continually go above and beyond. 

It’s also knowing your strengths and weaknesses, when ironically it's compromised my own mental health sometimes too. As the charity grows I'm not the right person to take it where it needs to be, so it can reach everyone who needs our help.

Feeling like a proud parent sending their kids off to start school, with less crying, but I'm super excited to see the charity grow and support even more people with Ian’s expertise. 

I’ll remain heavily involved as a trustee (and Chief Interference Officer) to support the team, tell the story and raise money through daft adventures… 

Thanks to everyone who's been part of the first chapter. Onwards!

#NewChapter #MyBaby  #MentalHealthCharity #MindOverMountains
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