Ed Stafford

On 9th August 2010, British Explorer Ed Stafford became the first person to walk the length of the Amazon River in South America from its source to the sea. His epic, dangerous and exhausting journey was over 4000 miles long and took him 860 days to complete - the longest jungle expedition in history and a new Guinness World Record. Ed's self-filmed award-winning documentary Walking the Amazon aired on the Discovery Channel 2011in February and Channel 5 in June 2011.  His best-selling book by the same name was published on June 9th.

In May 2009 Ed appeared on the cover of the Royal Geographical Society's Geographical (magazine)

Ed, 35, from Leicestershire in England, has led remote expeditions all over the world. He started running expeditions after retiring from the British Army as a Captain in 2002. Whilst not leading trips Ed worked alongside the United Nations in Afghanistan assisting with the first ever presidential elections advising on security, planning and logistics. Prior to this journey Ed was in production with the BBC on their conservation series 'Lost Land of the Jaguar'.

 "To be asked to be a Patron of Veterans in Action was for me an honour. Any organisation that can help those who have suffered the effects of PTSD and are finding it difficult adjusting to civilian life will always get my full support. I wish everyone who is involved in running the fund raising events and expeditions and those who are behind the scenes the very best of luck. A truly worthy cause." Ed Stafford