A former corporate business management specialist within the banking sector, she's now fully focused upon soul sustaining adventuring with purpose. Megan has mountaineered across the globe and has scaled some of the world’s most famous peaks such as Elbrus and Mera Peak.
Megan is one half of the all-female adventure team Dare two Do.
Megan is an advocate of adventures in any shape or size, is partial to an overnight bivi wild camp under the stars as well as an epic self-powered voyage, and is an avid fan of all that’s deemed a challenge.
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Walking away from her stable job
Being drawn to the outdoors
Heading to Borneo when she was 17 & getting to climb her first mountain
Getting distracted by university her job and her career
Deciding she needed to do something with her life
Running away to the mountains at every opportunity
Everest Base Camp, the preparation before hand and getting ready to go there
Arriving into Kathmandu & meeting new people with a similar mindset
Being changed by the whole experience and having a need to be in the mountains
Getting up-skilled and learning about alpine climbing
Her first taste of being scared in the mountains
How it changed her future expeditions
Deciding to quit and do adventuring full time
Having a purpose to her life
Heading of to Mexico to climb
Taking the step and why it took her 4 years to get there
What will other people think?
Heading back to Nepal in April 2015 to climb Mera Peak
Taking some time out to figure out what she wanted to do
Going to Climb Mt. Elbrus
What did she want from her life - trying to figure it out
The decision making process
Feeling like an imposter
The Paddle Pick Up with Love Her Wild
Creating - Dare two do
The first Challenge - The Grand Union Canal
Plans for 2018
Advice and tips for you to follow your own dreams
Learn more about Megan
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mhoskin
Instagram: @meg_hoskin
Twitter: @meghoskin
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