UK Scouting ambassador James Ketchell visited Inverness at the weekend to talk about his incredible life as a world adventurer.
Ketchell said he had been a shy, unconfident teenager, but everything changed after he suffered serious injuries in a motor cycle accident.
He has gone on to become the only person to have completed the Ultimate Triathlon, rowing across the Atlantic from La Gomera to Antigua in 110 days, climbing Mount Everest and cycling 18,000 miles around the world.
He set another record earlier this year, circumnavigating the world in an open cockpit gyrocopter, covering 23,000 miles in just 175 days.
For his next project he becomes ‘Captain Ketch’ and plans to sail round the world, becoming the only human being to complete air, sea and land navigation of the globe.
He said: “I truly believe that every young person has the ability to be whoever they want to be and that the capability to succeed lies within everyone.”
World adventurer James Ketchell brings inspirational message to Inverness
