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Andrew Budge
Sports Coach
Andrew Budge, of Trysport WA has been providing Tom with expert guidance and trusted advice over the years for all his ultra-endurance needs. Andrew is an accredited Triathlon and Strength and Conditioning Coach whose customised training programs can be designed to suit your ambition for both the novice athlete and seasoned pro. Specialising in sport specific strength and strength-endurance programs you gain access to over 20 years of coaching expertise that has inspired over 650 Ironman finishers, world champions and paralympians. His most cherished moment in coaching is sharing the experience of his wife’s Terri’s first Hawaii Ironman finish in 1999 and watching any of the athletes he coaches achieve their goals.
Børge Ousland
Polar Explorer/Mentor
Tom has recently returned from completing his polar apprenticeship at the North Pole participating in 2 commercial trips with one of its most enduring icons, Norwegian Børge Ousland. A national hero and a man who has set the blueprint to which modern polar explorers aspire. No one has completed more solo expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic than Ousland. The vast majority without resupply (unsupported) helping to ensure his name is forever etched into polar exploration folklore and earning him a cult following around the globe. Børge has become a role model and mentor of the highest calibre and will play a key part in the planning and preparation of this expedition sharing his valuable knowledge and expertise.
Colleen Williams
Sponsorship
Colleen is an accredited mother of three (waiting for paperwork to be processed she tells me)
Colleen is a seasoned charity sponsorship campaigner. , She has always been involved in raising money for worthy causes, from her early days in the Miss Tasmania Quest raising funds and awareness for cerebral palsey, and recently working with the Making A Difference charity, which supports our local spinal care and rehabilitation unit at Shenton Park in Perth and REDS Spinal Research, and ongoing support for smaller projects in the same field. Originally from Tasmania, she left at the age of 19 to explore the world. And now resides in Perth with her family. Colleen and Tom have a shared passion for motorcycles and has come aboard the team to help manage our sponsorship proposals.
Damian Oldmeadow
Physiotherapist
Damian has worked as a physiotherapist with elite sport for over 15years including at the Sydney and Athens Olympics as part of the Australian team. In recent years he has worked with Olympic and World Champion athletes in triathlon, cycling and endurance sports and is also head physiotherapist for the Australian Volleyball team. He has a special interest in injury prevention and management and performance enhancement in athletes and has competed in cycling, triathlon, adventure racing and beach volleyball at high level. He is principal physiotherapist at Physiotherapy Solutions in West Perth and Mosman Park.
Dave Brosha
Photographer
Holding a passion for the world and an eye for the beauty it contains, commercial, adventure, and landscape photographer Dave Brosha is on a continual journey to seek out and capture the beauty of this world.
Whether it's the beauty of some of most extreme and pristine environments in the world, or the beauty of some of a person's most personal moments. In addition to living throughout northern Canada for much of his life, Dave, along with his beautiful wife, Erin, and sons, Luke and Liam have also lived in Asia and have traveled extensively through both the many provinces and territories of their native country and numerous countries abroad.
Georgina Walsh
Media Manager
Georgina Walsh is a freelance journalist with a passion for the outdoors. Following completion of a bachelor degree in journalism and film and television at Curtin University, Georgina worked as a journalist with Community Newspaper Group for a number of years. Since turning freelance in 2004 Georgina has been writing features for a range of publications covering sport, travel, lifestyle and human interest, most regularly writing for the various magazines produced by Scoop Publishing. She is also busily pursuing her long-time passion for photography. Georgina has rowed surf boats for a decade and is constantly chasing other sporting and adventure challenges, including adventure racing, mountain biking, rock climbing, canyoning, hiking and snowboarding. For any media related enquiries please contact Georgina on email georgina@onemanepic.com or mobile 0439 952 622.
Graeme Wright
Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Graeme Wright has been a pioneer in the areas of weight, performance and health management within Australia and he continues to strive to find engaging and practical ways for individuals to reach their optimum level of wellbeing and achievement.
His approach is evidence based. Graeme has an extensive academic, clinical, sport and coaching background and has been in the front line of behavioural and performance management for many years. He knows what needs to be done to implement sustainable change and more importantly, he knows what does not work. Graeme has a Masters Degree in Physical Education from the University of Western Australia in Exercise Physiology. He is currently working towards a PhD that will look at the relationship between metabolism, hormonal balance and weight loss. He has many years of clinical experience and has coached and played sport at the highest level.
Heba el Begawi
Expedition Photographer
Heba is a qualified Architect, specialising in Islamic architecture and heritage. With a great passion to travel, her interest in photography grew with exploring new landscapes and cultures through her lens. Since 2007, her hobby of photography has developed into a profession. After hearing about Tom's mission on Facebook, Heba made contact with the One Man Epic team and since has been a great asset.
Capturing so many great moments in Stage One, we look forward to sharing her photos from Stage Two when she joins Tom in the desert.
You can see more of Heba's work by visiting www.facebook.com/begzeephotography.
Ibrahim Mohamed Elewa Seoud
Ibrahim lives in Siwa Oasis and works a few different jobs but working the land is his main calling. He doesn't own a computer or have an email account and I'm pretty sure he'll never see this. He's one of the many unsung heroes working behind the scenes keeping the machinery running. We met through mutual friends and without his friendship and acceptance none of this would have been possible and I am very grateful to him. Most of our time has been spent with the camels and we've bonded through the moments of comic absurdity where he often questions my manhood and inquires as to my sexual preference. I'll rendezvous with Ibrahim in Luxor where he'll accompany me for the first 3 weeks of the camel stage.
Islam Said El Hendawy
Egyptologist
Islam is an Egyptian Tour Guide and Egyptologist working in Tourism Field for 10 years. He has a Bachelor Degree in Tourism (Guidance Dept) University Of Alexandria, is a Professional Diver and one day was one of Egypt's Top Djs :-) He knows Tom since his arrival to Egypt 12 months ago when he was his tour guide in a tour around Cairo sites and he finished all of the Governmental Permissions to do this trip included permissions of "Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Defence, National Security, Tourism Police & Environment and surfacing Police".
He accompanied Tom in two different driving routes with his beloved VW in order to prepare for this trip and to study the different checkpoints all over the Nile from Abu Simbel to Cairo then another trip from Alexandria to Luxor through the Oasis Road .... He will be Tom's mate on his trip over the Nile but not in water .... it is inland driving next to Tom meeting him in several checkpoints to provide him with logisitics and sometimes with junk food .. If you want to drive all over Egypt in just 24 hours contact Islam.
Sarah McNair-Landry
Sarah McNair-Landry grew up with the Arctic Ocean and a team of dogs in her backyard. No stranger to the cold, she is the youngest to travel to both the North and South Pole, has traversed the Greenland Ice Cap five times, has ventured into the Gobi desert, and has recently guided an expedition to both the South and North Pole. Along with her older brother and teammate Eric, she was nominated for National Geographic's prestigious Adventurer of the Year 2007 Award and received the Outdoor Idol Award in 2007.
When she is not in the cold, she spends her time working in film. She has documented all of her expeditions and directed a documentary on waste management issues in northern Canada that was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Simone Allen
Dietician
Simone is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with a Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Food Science) and Graduate Diploma in Dietetics and further education in Sports Nutrition. Simone is a National Board member of Sports Dietitians Australia and a Technical member of Gymnastics Australia. Simone runs “nutrition works”, a private practice specialising in Sports Nutrition in Perth and works with several sporting groups including Men’s Gymnastics WA and Triathlon WA. Simone is passionate about providing practical nutrition advice that assists athletes in achieving their personal goals.
Tom's Angels
As the old adage goes, behind every great man there is a great woman, in this case its women, cue 'Tom's Angel's', Karen, Hilary and Arnah.
This collective will be the link between Tom and his fans on this epic adventure. While Tom is paddling up the Nile and strolling through the desert sands, the ladies will be bringing their variety of knowledge and expertise to the One Man Epic website and social media pages. Its their task to broadcast Tom's adventures and showcase the highlights of Mission Sahara and the wonders of Northern Africa.