Huw Butterworth - WINNER
"In 2023 Huw managed to fit in more than most people manage in a lifetime!
2 months in New Zealand kayaking and exploring the North Island including the Kaimais range. Then onto Spring/Early Summer in Norway completing rarely run white water, following on from that was a week or two of rest before flying across to the West Coast of the USA to do as many of the high Serra runs he could fit into a few weeks, racking up an impressive amount of kayaking and hiking with his kayak.
After all the practice of hiking with his kayak he set off to Kyrgyzstan to attempt a 'leave no trace' descent of the legendary SaryJaz river kayaking 100km in some of the most remote terrain/places of the world and hiking over numerous high mountain passes with a kayak to get back to a 'road'. Once landing back in Europe Huw carried on kayaking through to the end of the Alpine season including some lesser paddled rivers in the Jura region of France for some big waterfalls ahead of winter."