Ness Knight

Ness' great love is for story-telling and documentaries, taking people with her on journeys to explore the far reaches of our planet. Her mission back at home and through her motivational speaking is to show others that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things, encouraging the next generation into natural sciences, conservation and discovery, to find solutions to the problems out world faces today. Her expeditions and work have taken her to some incredible corners of the world, but Ness believes there is still so much yet to discover.

- First female to stand up paddleboard 1000 miles (Missouri river, USA)
- Cycled solo + unsupported 2000 miles across the USA
- First female in history to swim the length of the Thames River (UK)
- 400 mile run – 15 marathons back-to-back (London to Land’s End, UK)
- Solo traverse of the remote northern Namib Desert region
- Upcoming: Record attempt – first female to row the Pacific Ocean solo and non-stop