A winter series of public lectures in Bristol the theme of which is world-wide adventure.

Holly Budge

Holly Budge, a 32-year-old adventurer based in Hampshire, UK, has set two world records in less than 12 months apart. In October 2008 she became the first woman to skydive Mount Everest and in August 2009 completed the world's longest horse race, 1000kms across Mongolian wilderness, in just nine days! She has worked in the adrenaline sports industry for over ten years as an experienced skydiver and freefall camera flyer, a qualified rock climbing instructor and an accomplished equestrian event rider. Holly did her first skydive over Lake Taupo in New Zealand and was absolutely blown away by it. She thought it was brilliant that people were getting paid to jump out of planes for a job and decided that was what she wanted to do. Six months later Holly became a freefall camera flyer in Lake Taupo. She now has over 2000 jumps, 1,200 have been with a camera strapped to some part of her body!

As well as being an adventurer, Holly is an award-winning interactive designer & jewellery designer. At the age of 24, her ambitious drive took her back to university where she graduated in 2005 with a First Class Honours Degree in Interactive Media Production. Holly discovered a niche in skydiving training and made it her goal at university to learn the relevant skills to build E-FLI, an award-winning multimedia e-learning platform for skydivers. She is continuing her work on the global success of E-FLI, but is also dedicating time to new adventures and guest speaking.