Walking the Sahara, Climbing Everest & the Importance of Having a Mission
Gavin Bate is the founder of the adventure travel company Adventure Alternative, along with the international charity Moving Mountains which helps disadvantaged children in Nepal, Kenya and Tanzania.
Gavin is a fascinating man who has achieved incredible things through his life, and he shares some truly golden nuggets here which we could all take to enhance both our businesses and our lives.
Summary
This conversation covers Gavin’s incredible adventures around the world, from walking the Sahara to summiting Everest and much more besides.
We discuss his ethos behind running a travel business and how he views the creation of a sustainable model that will allow both travel businesses and the places they operate in to flourish.
He also highlights how he has gone about marketing the business and the charity, and how he sees the future of travel evolving.
Enjoy!
0:03:55
What first got you interested in travel and the mountains
0:12:15
Walking the Sahara
0:28:40
Setting up Adventure Alternative and Moving Mountains
0:39:00
What do Adventure Alternative and moving Mountains do
0:51:00
Marketing face to face and using social media as a storytelling tool
1:03:05
Big challenges to fundraise for Moving Mountains
1:09:23
Life saving exploits summiting Everest
1:16:30
What is the goal of Moving Mountains?
1:33:10
The future of travel
“What we’re doing in tourism should be about the product and where we’re taking people and the destinations and the lives of those people there and if you can make that the dominant feature of your business. That means letting go of this ridiculous notion that every business has to grow.”
Gavin Bate, Adventurer
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