The Alaska - Yukon Expedition with Andrew Skurka

Andrew Skurka is an accomplished adventure athlete, speaker, guide, and writer. The 30-year-old is most well known for his solo long-distance trips, the most recent being his 4,700-mile 6-month Alaska-Yukon Expedition. In total, he has backpacked, skied, and packrafted 30,000+ miles through many of the world's most prized backcountry and wilderness areas -- the equivalent of traveling 1.2 times around Earth's equator!

Skurka was named an "Adventurer of the Year" by Outside in 2010, the "Adventurer of the Year" by National Geographic Society in 2007, and the "Person of the Year" by Backpacker in 2005. He was included in Men's Journal's "Adventure Hall of Fame," has been described by National Geographic as "a superman among trekkers," and has been featured by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News Channel, National Public Radio and dozens of local media outlets.

Go behind the scenes and hear National Geographic grantee and adventurer Andrew Skurka talk about how he became a record-breaking, long-distance solo hiker in this video interview.

Visit his website www.andrewskurka.com/ to see pictures from his many adventures.

Andrew will be available to sign his book at the end of his workshop.

Photos Andrew Skurka