At the tender age of 24 age he’s already got 6 Guinness world records to his name. The first few of which he gained at the start of 2014 by being one half of the youngest pair to row across the Atlantic ocean- Mind you this was only rowing a mere 12 hours a day for 54 days straight. Reflecting on his achievements with a reporter for the GWR Jamie said "It was the most incredible experience and I'll never get the opportunity to do anything like this again." This though was evidently a lie as just 6 months later he spent a further 71 days at sea skippering a 4 man crew that rowed across the Indian ocean from Exmouth, Australia to the Seychelles gaining him a few more medals for the trophy cabinet. On top of being the World’s youngest double ocean rower he’s ran 7 marathons in 7 days, set up the Wadi Rum Race- an ultra tough 260km race through the deserts of Southern Jordan, founded an expedition company that plans to take people to some of the most wild and remote regions on the planet and to stretch the legs this summer, he walked across Sri Lanka with his girlfriend and fellow adventurer Lauren Molton; who he tells me, he actually met at the start line of their Atlantic row. Birds of a feather indeed! I have the pleasure and privilege of being Jamie’s friend and business partner as we travel about making films together and this podcast was actually recorded on a coach to Stockholm airport as I had to jump at the opportunity of actually having us both together and sitting still for more than 5 minutes! The audio quality isn’t great for this reason (it’ll be much better in future episodes don’t worry!), but I hope you’ll agree Jamie’s stories and outlook are more than enough to merit persevering with it! I had a great time recording with Jamie and as he said afterwards it was the quickest bus journey he’d had in a long time so I hope you enjoy too! Thanks for listening You can find out more about Jamie at his website : http://www.jamie-sparks.co.uk/ The Wadi Rum race:http://www.wadirumultra.com/the-race/ Finally if it’s adventure that tickles you, be sure to check out his incredible expedition company First Expeditions: http://www.firstexpeditions.com
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