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Katy Willings is the Mongol Derby Chief, and erstwhile Chief of Adventures at The Adventurists.\\xa0 Based in Bristol, UK, she was a junior international dressage rider in her teens.\\xa0 She rode in the inaugural Mongol Derby, the world\'s longest horse race, in 2009, sparking a later endurance riding career which saw her compete up to 120kms internationally, and became a full-time Adventurist in 2010, working on the Derby, and later the Ice Run, Icarus Trophy and Monkey Run.\\xa0
In the course of producing high profile events for the Adventurists she has ridden vintage Russian motorcycles in -30 (and got the damn things started in -40 when no-one else could), wrangled with customs in far-flung places to get equipment and people in country, managed local and international teams to deliver logistically complex and culturally significant goods and services.\\xa0 And learned to fly a paramotor.\\xa0 Kind of.\\xa0 She finally did her motorcycle test in May 2018 (5 years late then) and will be taking to the open road, legally, this summer.\\xa0\\xa0
She has ambitions to cycle the iron curtain, to fly her paramotor over Victoria Falls, to ride from New York to Buenos Aires as Aime Schiffely once did.\\xa0 In the meantime she\'ll be wielding a clipboard and a satellite phone in her spiritual home of Mongolia this summer, and manning the airwaves during the Mongol Derby (it\'s live now!) in the operations room.\\xa0\\xa0
She declares herself to be utterly devoid of talent, and proof that talent is no barrier to doing whatever the hell you want.\\xa0 One day she will ride at Grand Prix and further prove this.\\xa0 She has worked with horses in Europe, Mongolia and Malawi, and men and machines in Morocco, Siberia, Sierra Leone.\\xa0 She has had as much adventure putting on the adventures, as the participants have had taking part.\\xa0 Oftentimes, a great deal more.\\xa0
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Social Media
Insta (Katy) - @willingskaya
Insta (Morindoo) - @morindooadventures
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Website - Morindoo - www.morindoo.com
Website - The Mongol Derby - www.theadventurists.com
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Twitter - Katy - @KatyAdvntrists
Twitter - Mongol Derby - @mongolderbylive
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