Mix 11 languages, 18,000 miles, 7 years, 3 continents, 17 times zones, 14 countries, 36 million steps, one man, a backpack and a dream and you get The Earth Expedition. A man's dream to walk the world's continents on nothing but two feet.
Since 2006 Daren Wendell has been planning, saving, reading, researching, and training for The Earth Expedition; a dream that he has committed many years to accomplish. “I am drawn to challenge and what people say I cannot do. I’m attracted to risk; I’m attracted to the unexpected, attracted to new people, new languages, new cultures, and new places. People always ask me the question, 'Why?'. I guess I should have a pretty good answer for this question considering I will be answering it for the next 8 years of my life. There are many reasons why:
Legacy: I dont have any children, in fact I haven't dated for a year because of the expedition, but there will be a day when I am gone and my children will say 'My father gave back to this world instead of just taking from it, he saved lives, and he was a voice for the voiceless' I cant think of a better legacy.
One of my biggest fears is to look back on my life and wish I would have lived it differently. Therefore I refuse to live a life of mediocrity. I meet so many people who have lost sight of their dreams and ambitions and settle for something else. I feel like I have been given this gift of life and I want to live it to the fullest.
I also want to raise awareness and move people to action when it comes to the Water Crisis and Aids Pandemic that is hitting Africa by advocating for the non-profit organization, Blood:Water Mission.
I want to inspire people to follow dreams and help figure out why they are on this earth. I feel If they miss out on that then they will miss the reason they were created.
I am fiercly wild at heart. I love adventure, change, new people, cultures, mental challenges, languages, physical challenges, and spiritual challenges.
I am sure that I will discover a lot more of the way as I walk. But for now… I stick with just 'Life to the fullest'."
~Daren Wendell, The Earth Expedition
"Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the souls of men."
Check out the official website,WWW.THEEARTHEXPEDITION.COM, for all of the details. If you want to reach Daren directly, then you can reach him through the website. Otherwise, you can reach me, Amie, (his support team member), through this site, and I will be more than happy to answer any of your questions and show you how you can get involved in this great expedition! God bless!