Come and hear from this year’s Young Adventurer of the Year Lewi Taylor and our 2018 Spirit of Adventure winner Paul Pritchard.

Despite catastrophic injuries sustained during an ascent of the Totem Pole in Tasmania in 1998, Paul Pritchard has continued to lead a life filled with adventure as a climber, caver, cyclist and kayaker. Despite suffering from hemiplegia, he leads expeditions that enable fellow adventurers with disabilities opportunities to achieve record breaking feats of endurance. Don't miss the opportunity to hear from this gifted speaker and exemplary human being.

In 2022, 30 year old Lewi Taylor climbed all 158 of the Abels, or peaks above 1100m in Tasmania, in just 158 days, earning him the title of Young Tasmanian of the Year and now Young Adventurer of the Year. Find out what motivated this inspiring young Tasmanian and some of the challenges he faced along the way.

Meet both of these outstanding individuals and hear their incredible stories in this Australian Geographic Society talk event in Launceston, at the hub of Tassie’s adventure community in the superb surrounds and atmosphere of Du Cane Brewing.

There will be chance to meet the speakers and ask questions during the talks.

Kitchen closes at 8.30pm so arrive early and order food before the formalities begin. The bar will remain open til the end of the event.

All proceeds to the Australian Geographic Society, its conservation and sustainability programs and its support for exploration and adventure.