Colin Angus

Topics

Presentations

Rowboat in a Hurricane:
Weathering the Storm in Today's Economic Climate

Going Beyond the Horizon:
Goal Setting Strategies for Achieving Success

Circumnavigating the Planet:
Working Hard, Staying Motivated, Accomplishing the Impossible

Summary Profile

Colin Angus is a fearless adventurer, bestselling author and Canadian filmmaker. Outside Magazine listed Angus as one of the top 25 "Bold Visionaries with World Changing Dreams" for his work in promoting lifestyle changes to help the environment. Angus continues his efforts in promoting zero-emissions transportation as a healthy way to maintain a healthy world. Angus is the author of five popular books that chronicle his many adventures around the world.

Angus started exploring the world and conquering epic challenges at a young age. As a teenager he purchased a 27-foot sailboat with his paper route earnings. Angus intended to sail across the ocean, but with no experience and limited funds it became necessary to break the epic challenge into a series of manageable steps. Perseverance and dedication soon paid off. Angus cast off from the coast of British Columbia and spent five years sailing the Pacific Ocean, exploring countries including French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, and Papua New Guinea. He learned to appreciate the value and freedom of adventure, and his journey sparked an insatiable desire to travel the world, challenge the extreme nature of our planet, and experience the wondrous beauty of Planet Earth.

Following his return to Canada, it was not long before Angus decided take on the Amazon River - the largest river in the world. His book, Amazon Extreme: Three Ordinary Guys, One Rubber Raft, and the World's Most Dangerous River, recounts the spectacular story of how three friends defined the true meaning of teamwork as they crossed blazing deserts, scaled towering mountains, rafted treacherous whitewater rapids, and even survived gunfire from Shining Pan guerilla fighters of the jungle.

After conquering The Amazon River, Angus and two fellow adventures mounted the first expedition to raft the entire length of the Yenisey River, the world's fifth longest from source to sea. Angus' book, Lost in Mongolia: Rafting the World's Last Unchallenged River, takes us along this expedition recounting how the team conquered the uncharted whitewater rapids of remote Siberia, and how he survived the time he spent separated from the group and lost in the Mongolian wilderness with no tools for survival except a pocketknife.

Angus' most spectacular accomplishment - the first human-powered circumnavigation of the planet - is chronicled in his book, Beyond the Horizon: The Great Race to Finish the First Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Planet. The book details how he walked, biked, skied, paddled, and rowed more then 43,000 kilometers, crossing three continents and two oceans to complete the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. Angus endured the extreme arctic temperatures of Siberia, cycled, and hiked through Russia and across Europe. He survived not one - but two - hurricanes, as well as two tropical storms while floating in a wooden rowboat in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

On his latest adventure, Angus and his wife Julie traced the roots of their heritage as they propelled rowboats through the connected waterways of Europe from Scotland to Syria. The story of their expedition is told in Rowed Trip: A Journey from Scotland to Syria by Oar.

Angus and his wife share their adventures with the public through presentations, articles, books, and film. His writing has appeared in The Globe & Mail, Explore, Outside Magazine, and Reader's Digest, among others. Angus has co-produced four documentary films for National Geographic, which went on to collectively win more than ten awards at international film festivals. In 2007, Angus and his wife jointly received National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year Awards.

Client Testimonials:

"Colin was great! Everyone from the team enjoyed his presentation. We could not believe all his adventures and epics. I would highly recommend his presentation to anyone."

BCIT Student Association