The first on-foot crossing of the Saryesik-Atyrau Desert
In September this year, Untamed Border’s team member, Matt Traver, along with British-American photographer, Mark Woodward, headed out to Kazakhstan to document Jamie Maddison’s attempt to complete the first on-foot crossing of the Saryesik-Atyrau Desert. Jamie ran across the lower reaches of this sandy expanse – from the Ili to the Karatal Rivers – in […]
Help the first ever Afghan Winter Olympians
For the last five years, we have been working together with the Afghan Ski Challenge, enabling skiers to compete in Afghanistan’s first ski touring race. What started as a spontaneous idea by its founder Christophe Zuercher has since grown into a veritable development project. The race is operated by the Bamyan Ski Club, a non-profit association based in […]
TED Talk by Untamed Borders guest, Martin Parnell
In 2016 Martin Parnell joined us for the 2nd ever Marathon of Afghanistan, inspired by a newspaper article he spotted in 2015 about the marathon and the first ever female Afghan to run it. Martin had been hospitalised in early 2015 with a massive blood clot on his brain. He became determined to participate in […]