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Mark Agnew
Mark Agnew grew up in Edinburgh before moving to Hong Kong, where he worked as the Outdoor & Extreme Sports editor of the South China Morning Post. After a string of failed adventures in his twenties, he had a mental health crisis. Discovering more about resilience and motivations, he joined a team kayaking the Northwest Passage in 2023. Mark and his three teammates became the first people to complete the fabled route by kayak and the first people to do it by human power, without motors or sails, in a single season. His story was featured in all the major UK media including on BBC, ITV and SKY, and he was awarded European Adventurer of the Year and Endurance Asia’s Extraordinary Feat of the Year. He gives talks to corporations such as Heineken, Marks & Spencer and Bosch about the importance of intrinsic motivations. He lives in London.
THERE WILL BE HEADWINDS (Icon Books) was published in 2025.