HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2021
As we step into a new year, we like to showcase and celebrate the commercial projects we’ve been able to safely work on in 2021, which has made a remarkable year… read more
HOW TO THINK LIKE AN EXTREME TV SAFETY ADVISOR
Insights from Will Smith’s Welcome to Earth Series 2 with SC safety advisor Dave Lucas The new Welcome to Earth series launched last week and it’s a pretty big deal.… read more
IN KIT WE TRUST
These aren’t lightweight campfire gimmicks, this is the tried and tested, dependable kit we put to the test time and again on expeditions and the reasons why we continue to… read more
HOW IT FEELS TO FLY OVER ANGEL FALLS
After five full days of hiking to get there, it took just 15 minutes to descend, dropping nearly 1,000m into the Venezuelan treetops from atop a massive plateau in the… read more
SCALING AFRICA’S THIRD PEAK
In mid-September of 2017, Financial Times journalist Martin Fletcher embarked on a mission to reach the summit of Mt Stanley and Secret Compass helped him achieve that goal. Below is… read more
LIFE LESSONS ON EXPEDITION
When conditions turned on Alex Honnold and Renan Ozturk during a first ascent expedition of Alaska’s Ruth Gorge, the result was an inwards look at life’s big questions.
FIRE ICE AND BEARS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
Dividing the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west, Kamchatka is a 1,250 kilometre long peninsula of absolute isolation. It’s the home of Eurasia’s… read more
EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS: VIRUNGA
On their journey through the dramatic volcanic landscape, the team climbed to the Nyiragongo lava lake, encountered the mighty mountain gorillas, and learnt of the local community’s grassroots activism to… read more
6 ADVENTURES TO UP YOUR ALPINE GAME
Whether your eye is on that first 5000m+ summit, using crampons and ice axes for the first time or gaining the knowledge to plan your own expedition, here are six expeditions to… read more
MOMENTS LIKE THESE MAKE ALPINISM ADDICTIVE
Upon the unzipping of tents, the serene mix of sublime weather conditions and stillness that comes with a 4am start high above the snow line, hinted at a successful day… read more
INTERVIEW: ALPINE EXPERT PHIL DE-BEGER
After leading two Secret Compass expeditions in Iraqi Kurdistan he’s briefly back in the UK before he heads out to Georgia for our Alpine Skills Expedition in May, so we caught up with… read more
KURDISTAN SUMMIT SUCCESS
Mount Halgurd is the highest peak in the region’s Zagros ranges. It is the highest mountain wholly within Iraq (Cheekah Dar is reputedly 4m higher but straddles the Iranian border,… read more
BOOTS AND CRAMPONS
Packing the right kit is an essential part of any expedition and using the wrong kit in extreme locations can have sever consequences, putting your safety at risk and jeopardising… read more
THE DARIEN GAP
“ There is definitely a reason Secret Compass runs expeditions not tours. You couldn’t feel further from being a tourist, their expeditions are such genuine experiences. The guides were absolutely 110%… read more
THE TRANSPANAMA THRU-HIKE
Panamanian Rick Morales has done what very few trekkers would even dare to attempt, let alone imagine: mapped out a new hiking trail across the length of his country. As… read more
MADE IN MADAGASCAR
The best thing about the expedition for me was seeing parts of the world you would never see unless you hiked there. Only a few people will see the sights… read more
Down in the Darien
expedition snapshot
12 NEW EXPEDITIONS
media release: 27/02/17
PANAMA’S LAST ROADLESS PLACE
media release: 27/02/17
DESCENT OF THE MOA
packrafting in Sierra Leone
FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH
leading treks in Afghanistan
PACKRAFT GABON
media release: 10/02/17
DIGITAL DETOX IN THE SINAI
media release: 20/02/17
BUSH SURVIVAL IN NAMIBIA
media release: 12/02/17
LET’S GET HIGH…
Georgia: a 5000m+ summit
IRAN: LUT EXPEDITION HITS HEADLINES
media release: 01/02/17
CONTOURS OF ARMENIA’S CAUCASUS
media release: 30/01/17
GO FOR IT IN GABON
an amphibious adventure
IN IMAGES: NORTH KOREA
Inside the Secret State
RAFT PNG’S EPIC WATUT
whitewater course on an epic river
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED
media release: 18/01/17
ARMENIA’S #TRANSCAUCASIAN
media release: 15/01/17
A Weekend in Wales
expedition snapshot
Books on Burma
5 to read before you go
Supporting the Transcaucasian Trail
media release: 11/04/17
Who holidays in Iraq?
you could: climb Kurdistan’s highest peak
What does Secret Compass do?
watch the Secret Compass showreel
PACKRAFTING IN GABON
media release: 05/01/17
THE JUNGLE BOOKS
read up on Panama’s Darien gap
THE BURMA BEYOND BAGAN
expedition snapshot
DRC DOCUMENTARY
the rangers’ gripping true story
CROSSING BHUTAN
a human-powered journey through the land of Gross National Happiness
WANT TO BE AN EXPEDITION LEADER?
follow these tips to get started
IN IMAGES: AFGHANISTAN
expeditions on the Roof of the World
PACKRAFTING
Al Humphreys’ tips for your first trip
WANT TO BE AN EXPED MEDIC?
how it works at Secret Compass
2017 ADVENTURE HOTLIST
Media release: 19/10/16
ADVENTURE CO. LAUNCHES PRODUCTION CO.
media release: 20/06/16
ADVENTURE SOLSTICE
media release: 06/06/16