Matt Traver

Matt Traver is a British-American climber and adventurer, originally from Hong Kong. He has organised and lead expeditions to remote and little-explored areas including the Dragon's Horns West Face in Tioman Island, Malaysia where he climbed a 1300ft new route on the imposing jungle spire. Ultimately he is most inspired by seeking out the little-known, under-explored and forgotten corners of the world.

In 2012 and with a team of four he ventured to a remote region within the Arctic Circle of East Greenland to attempt first ascents in a previously unvisited area. In the same year he also completed a two week horse riding journey through western Mongolia documenting the lives of the Kazakh nomads and ancient practice of eagle hunting. This journey served as preparation for One Steppe Ahead; a 15,000km journey retracing an historic journey first under taken by Sir Charles Howard Bury in 1913 where the team rode for 63 days and 1700km across eastern Kazakhstan on horseback. The team of Matt Traver and fellow World Explorer, Jamie Maddison returned from this successful expedition at the end of October 2013.

“Matthew transported us to the depths of Mongolia holding the audience captivated with tales of his adventure. His relaxed presentation style punctuated with beautiful video and images from his trip allowed us to get a unique sense of what a trip of this type is really like.” Chris Martin, Tales of Adventure.