This month we're celebrating gentlemen who like a little adventure in their lives. Whether that adventure is hot air ballooning around the globe, climbing Everest or journeying down into the secret cellar bars of Soho for the first time. In our view, there's many different ways a MurdockMan can explore the world around him and push his body to the limit.
As we take great inspiration from such brave and heroic men and their accomplishments, we have compiled our favourite exploratory Brits into a list of outstanding human greatness. We're focusing on those more traditional global adventurers, rather than the night time in the city explorer....
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Recognised as 'The World's Greatest Living Explorer', Fiennes has led 22 major expeditions to remote parts of the world and is the only man alive to have travelled around the Earth’s circumpolar surface. He was the first explorer to completely cross the Antarctic continent unsupported, and in 2009, aged 65, climbed to the summit of Mount Everest becoming the oldest Briton ever to do so.
A true icon in the field.
David Livingstone
A Scottish missionary, abolitionist and physician, Livingstone is best known for his explorations of Africa having crossed the continent during the mid-19th century.
He crossed the continent from East to West and would ultimately come across many bodies of water previously uncharted by Europeans. He was a staunch abolitionist after witnessing the horrors of the African slave trade and returned to the region twice after his initial voyage.
A stunning tache and all-round air of dapperness completes this vintage marvel.
Ed Stafford
The first man to walk the Amazon, Stafford was European Adventurer of the Year 2011. Sir Ranulph Fiennes himself described Stafford's expedition as being “truly extraordinary… in the top league of expeditions past and present.” Ed filmed and blogged his deadly journey and engaged followers all over the world for two and a half years.
Colonel John Blashford-Snell
Having organised and led over 100 expeditions, Blashford-Snell has built up a reputation as a practical field engineer and become one of the world's most renowned and highly respected explorers.
Jason Lewis
Lewis is recognised by Guinness World Records as the first person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails. Throughout his journey he walked, cycled and inline skated five continents. Further activities included kayaking, swimming, rowing and pedalling a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. The mission took thirteen years to complete and the 46,505-mile journey has been hailed as 'the last great first for circumnavigation'.
Benedict Allen
Best known for his arduous expeditions to remote corners of the globe, Allen's journeys are famously achieved after a period of training alone with a remote indigenous community. Allen's philosophy is to immerse himself in extreme or alien environments, going alone and learning from indigenous people.