Press
Every feature.
Since 2014.
Everything written about or broadcast on the expeditions, from the first Mongolian crossing in 2014 to the present. Every entry links to the original.
2026
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Listen
Extraordinary Life Stories
The Congo is my most dangerous challenge
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Listen
Human Alchemy
EP14: Basecamp Congo
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Watch
Prime Video
Uncharted Amazon with Ash Dykes
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Insight TV
Off the Fence partnership momentum
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SCMP
Explore the Great Wall on foot, bike and underwater
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Insight TV
Bringing modern exploration back to UK television
2025
2024
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Guinness World Records
First to row the length of the Coppename
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Guinness World Records
Two records in remote Suriname
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NY Post
Uncharted Amazon source and waterfalls
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Guinness World Records
Fastest team ascent of Julianatop
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The Sun
World-first journey on the Amazon
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Men's Fitness
Preparing for another journey
2023
2022
2021
2020
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Malay Mail
China is a second home after eight million steps
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SCMP
What it takes to be a professional adventurer
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Wired For Adventure
Revealing all about Mission Yangtze
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TED
Life lessons learnt from the extremes
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Watch
Joe Rogan Experience
#1410 - Ash Dykes
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S.China MP
Ash Dykes lands coveted Joe Rogan podcast appearance
2019
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Business Korea
Dulwich Hosts Ash
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Guinness World Records
Walking the 4,000-mile Yangtze
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Watch
Sky
Sunrise
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ITV
Good Morning Britain
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Watch
BBC
One Show
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Red Bull
5 Near Death Experiences
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SCMP
Jet Li Photo Shoot
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Watch
BBC
World News
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Watch
ITV
News at 6
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ChinaDaily
Yearlong Yangtze Walk
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DailyMail
Walks Yangtze River
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Smithsonian
First to walk the length of the Yangtze
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Watch
ITV
News at 10
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Watch
Sky
News at 10
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Sky
First Person to Walk Yangtze
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Guardian
Completes Yangtze Trek
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BBC
Finishes 4,000 Mile Trek
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Guinness World Records
First person to walk the Yangtze
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ITV
First person to walk China's Yangtze
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Telegraph
Yangtze, Mountain to Sea
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SCMP
Bears, wolves, detained, frozen: halfway
2018
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Pressat
First major milestone on the Yangtze
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Pressat
Underway on the Yangtze
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Red Bull
Next Adventure Superstar
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ITV
Self-taught adventurer to walk Asia's longest river
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Independent
Taking on the Yangtze
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DailyMail
Embarking on Yangtze
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BBC News
Yangtze Record Attempt
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BBC Wales
Afon Yangtze (River)
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Coach Mag
Bodyweight Exercises
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Rhyl Journal
Latest Mission
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Belfast Telegraph
Yangtze Expedition
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Lanc. Telegraph
Yangtze Expedition
2017
2016
2015
2014
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Interviews, filming, image requests and fact checks all go to the same place, and the press route reaches the person who handles them.
- Full name
- Ash Dykes
- Based
- London, United Kingdom
- Known for
- Five Guinness World Records, four of them world firsts
- Broadcast
- National Geographic, BBC Earth, Viasat Explore, Insight TV
- Published
- Mission Possible (Eye Books)
- Fact checks
- Distances, durations and dates are on the expeditions page, each against its record