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What I enjoy in life is setting myself huge unbelievable challenges in life and figuring out a way to conquer them. Generally this is in the fields of Entrepreneurship, traveling, mountain climbing but I also have a passion for all things Engineering and Science.

If your keen on entrepreneurship or exploration or if you’ve just a curious mind keep reading …

bryanclarke

Getting back to visit #Egypt 🇪🇬 after a near

Getting back to visit #Egypt 🇪🇬 after a nearly 10 year absence.
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The Great Pyramids of Giza and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali overlooked Cairo - the second biggest city in Africa and a crazy loud metropolis
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Last time I was here I missed out on Abu Simbel in the deep south next to the Sudanese border. Mostly because at the time I was far too lazy to get up at 3am for a 7-8 hour journey there and back from Aswan! 😂 After already spending weeks crossing Sudan in the 48°C heat in the peak of summer followed by the overnight ferry from Wadi Halfa.
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I also got to explore Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, where I was invited to jump the barrier and enter the tomb! 🙈
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Then on to Alexandria the second biggest city in Egypt and the ancient city named after Alexander the Great right on the beautiful Mediterranean coast. .
#PreCorona #SimplerTimes

In the Mountains #Armenia #Yerevan

In the Mountains #Armenia #Yerevan

Amazing lake high up in the Caucasus Mountains in

Amazing lake high up in the Caucasus Mountains in the breakaway unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia .

The two deepest caves discovered in the world are located in this region at well over 2km deep - Veryovkina and Krubera Caves .

Stalin had one of his Dachas (summer homes) on the other side of the lake #LakeRitsa #RitsaNationalPark #Abkhazia

#Argentina 🇦🇷 - Country 100!!! . Finally mad

#Argentina 🇦🇷 - Country 100!!!
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Finally made it to this major milestone and what better way to mark the occasion than by summiting the highest mountain in the country.
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#Aconcagua being 6,962 metres also happens to be the highest mountain in South America, the Americas, the Southern and Western Hemispheres ... In short it's the highest mountain in the world outside the Hiymalayas and a few Central Asian mountains.
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Having assumed we'd have a relatively ok ride weather wise, having gone in the peak season ... It was a long 2 weeks on the #mountain (including acclimatisation) waiting for the weather and wind to change for the better.
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Having said that we ended up summiting in -30°C and 80kph winds (15-20kph being perfect, 50kph+ being reserved for the pros!) Then transversing the mountain in these winds with crampons on for the first time made me have second thoughts.
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In the end I got to the #summit, being the highest person in the world at that time ... since it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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It's was a hard slog to the summit but in the end I had to rush it and drop my bag to "sprint" the last 150m or so. Leaving very little energy for the decent which I was mostly on my butt for. 😂
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Only thing left to do the following day was walk from 5600m to 2500m and 35km out of the National Park and bus it back to #Mendoza
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Was great to have this experience with our Russian agency @elbrustours and Micha, Victor and Dimitri as guides. As well as fellow friends and climbers @manvsclock (who is on the mend), @onestep4ward, Paul, Dave, Craig, Nikita, Maurice
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On to Buenos Aires now for a couple of days ...
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#SevenSummits

Great trip to southern Iraq, after having visited

Great trip to southern Iraq, after having visited the safer northern part of Iraq, also known as Kurdistan. .
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I flew down to the more dangerous part of Iraq. While Baghdad is no doubt dangerous it's not as bad as most people think of when they hear of Baghdad, although there are still car bombing including on the last night we were there. But I felt perfectly safe as we were walking through the busy markets during the day and out for food after dark. Every Iraqi person I met were nothing but welcoming to us. .
Including the guy in the Irish t-shirt who didn't have a clue what was going on when the Irish gang wanted a picture with him 😂😂 .
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Thanks to @onestep4ward and Adam for organising a fantastic and safe trip for an amazing group of people! 😜
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Building on the hilltop is another of Saddams's palace's at #Babylon

Ahaggar National Park in the deep south of Algeria

Ahaggar National Park in the deep south of Algeria right beside the Niger, Mali and Libyan borders. Magnificent Desolation! #Tamanrasset #Algeria .
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Great place to end 10 days in Algeria visiting Algiers, Cherchell, Tipasa, Constantine, Tagit and Tamanrasset.
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You can see how big Algeria is being the 10th biggest country in the world and the biggest in Africa after Sudan was broken up.

Worth the price of admission alone! ⚽ The actual

Worth the price of admission alone! ⚽ The actual real World Cup #Zurich #Switzerland 🇨🇭
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The trophy the winner gets, once the ceremony is over is a replica and the real one gets sent back to FIFA HQ with the trophy later getting moved across the city to the new FIFA museum.

Golden Circle #Iceland

Golden Circle #Iceland

Can't seem to stay away from these Rockets #Stalin

Can't seem to stay away from these Rockets #StalinLine #Minsk #Belarus

Switzerland you're beautiful but damn your expensi

Switzerland you're beautiful but damn your expensive 🤣 .
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Hit the slopes, checked out Zurich, Luzern, Basel and the small nation of Liechtenstein. Even strolled from Switzerland to Germany to France and back to Switzerland (Basel) in an evening 🤪

Sneak peek of me going into the #Batcave 😂 #Bru

Sneak peek of me going into the #Batcave 😂 #BruceWayne #Batman

Explored a batcave in Nimba Nature Reserve in northern #Liberia with one of my fellow travelers who is a bat expert based in the Isle of Man. Apparently these are #horseshoe bats based on the shape of their nose. We were walking through through the cave as they all tried to fly around us barely grazing us as they passed by, all with the use of sonar!

Made it to #Tunis #Tunisia 🇹🇳 ... taken outs

Made it to #Tunis #Tunisia 🇹🇳 ... taken outside the very fortified French embassy on Avenue Habib Bourguiba

I was planning a few days to check out #Beirut 🇱🇧 and meet some friends. The last time I went here was on a day trip from Damascus in Syria but a few days before I was due to fly in the protests kicked off in Beirut ... The reason, a new WhatsApp tax ... but in reality the protests turned into so much more than that ... a protest against systemic corruption!
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The situation in the first couple of days were quite crazy so maybe I should of changed my flights but alas I had my inwards and outward flights booked so decided to go ahead. .
It ended up being so worth it and I got to hang with some really cool people and enjoy the peaceful protests. Which really turned into more of a party at least for a foreigner like myself but obviously taken far more serious by the Lebanese.
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There was lots of roadblocks all over the city by the protesters for all the right reasons so I was forced to get a Moto Taxi everywhere but no complaints from me! 😝 They definitely need them in more places! Although a little stretchy sometimes with a few close calls! 🛵

#NYC by night ... Love this city

#NYC by night ... Love this city

Crossing the Gambia River #Gambia 🇬🇲 New bri

Crossing the Gambia River #Gambia 🇬🇲 New bridge being build across it by the Chinese ... But for now a 2 hour wait for the truck ferry #WestAfrica 8 Nov 2018

Catching up with the crew! #Gambia

Catching up with the crew! #Gambia

First time back in Canada in about 8 years! Such a

First time back in Canada in about 8 years! Such a country and an amazing weekend with awesome people! Vancouver you still need to sort out your taxi problems 😆 🇨🇦 #Vancouver

Pretty sexy city...reminds me of Tomb Raider 2 on

Pretty sexy city...reminds me of Tomb Raider 2 on the PC or that awful movie The Tourist! #Venice #Italia 🇮🇹🍝#ImOnABoat

Smashed the highest mountain in Ireland over the w

Smashed the highest mountain in Ireland over the weekend #Carrauntoohil ☘️ (Corrán Tuathail) at an altitude of 1038m (3407ft) in wasn't easy. #Kerry #Killarney #tourismireland
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Ascending up the steep devil's ladder and taking a hard right up to the summit by 9am followed by a descent halfway and another ascent up the sister peak to get the trail down.
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Car park to car park in about 4hrs 45mins, take that hostel dude who said it would take us 5 hours 🤣😂 #WeDontDoAverage

Rockets & Hyperloop

Rockets & Hyperloop

The tallest building in the world #BurjKhalifa Dub

The tallest building in the world #BurjKhalifa Dubai 830 metres!
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Good times in #Dubai catching up with friends and finally getting to visit this famous city.

Small tricky to get to enclave of Azerbaijan. Only

Small tricky to get to enclave of Azerbaijan. Only option from Baku is a flight #MachuPicchuOfAzerbajian

Catching up on a little work with company! #Casama

Catching up on a little work with company! #Casamance Southern #Senegal .
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Sadly their mother died in a car accident last week after having just given birth to them.
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They liked to crawl up my tent in the middle of the night! .
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Little Baoboab Campsite, Abeme, Casamance Southern Senegal - Nov 2018

Practice Is Going Well Before The Irish Dog Sleddi

Practice Is Going Well Before The Irish Dog Sledding Championship #OneDayOut #EasyGoldMedal #TheCalmBeforeTonightsBlizzard #SnowDay

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