Holders and Lectures
Whether it’s been travelling the length of the Ganges, hunting porcupines in Botswana, climbing unclaimed peaks in Greenland, exploring the wilds of Central Asia or kayaking thousands of miles, Wallace’s award holders have done it.
2002 Helen Asquith (Prentice) Mountaineering season in the Alps
2003 Nicholas Green Cycling the Camino de Santiago off-road
2004 Una Galani A solo journey along the length of the Ganges
Pete Hesketh and Dan Kondziela Expedition to mountains & Arctic region of Norway
2005 Sallie Burrough Mt Bation, Mt Kilimanjaro & Lewa Downs marathon
2006 Rachel Roberts (Brettell) Exploring Mongolia
Christian Toennesen Mountaineering expedition to East Greenland
2007 Witold Czartoryski Biking to Lomé
Tim Motz Exploring Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
2008 Dúnlaith Bird On the trail of Isabella Bird in Japan
2009 Laura Nellums Exploring women’s health in mountain villages of Nepal
Tim Motz Recording music of the Mönpa tribe, Arunachal Pradesh
2010 Wills Cannell-Smith Cycling the Alps and Pyrenees from Vienna to the Atlantic
2011 Thom Mallon A journey through American military campaigns in Asia
2012 James Black 50 Scottish Munros – a lone month in the Highlands
2013 Myles Karp Hunting down the Gros Michel banana in Central America
2014 Tom Gaisford Walking the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
Dylan Lynch and Jack Hampton Kayaking from Helsinki to Oslo
2015 Tom Joy Traversing the high Pyrenees
2016 Angus Young Solo cycle from Bishkek to Ulaanbaatar
Will Hartz Retracing 1923 Oxford Expedition crossing of Spitsbergen
For a précis of each holder’s lecture, click on the title.