OVERLAND JOURNAL FALL 201916
STEVEEDWARDS
Steveand JulieEdwardsare fromthe Last
BestPlace—Missoula,Montana.Theyhave
beenlivingand travelingoverlandin Eastand
SouthernAfricafor the last two yearsfrom
theircurrenthomebasein Gaborone,Bot-
swana.Tirelessexplorers,they havevisited
over two dozencountrieson four continents,
and are formerAfricatravelinstructorsat
OverlandExpo.The coupleboughttheirLand
RoverDefendersightunseenfromstrangers
on the internetin Ethiopia,and with hundreds
of remotecampsitesand thousandsof miles
of Africaalreadyundertheirtires,they are
alwayson the lookoutfor the next big adven-
ture.Find themat@venturesomeoverland on
Instagram and Facebook.CONTRIBUTORS FALL 2019S.K.DAVIS
Stevenis a Utahnativewho,asidefrom
ridingmotorbikes,runs a smallbusiness
and raisesa familyjust northof Salt Lake
City.Afterlivingin the MiddleEast,Europe,
Canada,and Colorado,he returnedto Utah
to put downroots.Bothhis fictionand non-
fictionhavebeenpublishedin magazinesas
well as online,and he is currentlyfinishingan
adventure/crimenovel.Whenaskedabout
his magneticsenseof humor,he only replied,
“I wantto becomethe eccentricbillionaire
withoutall the money.”Currently,Steven
ridesa 2017BMWR 1200GS Rallyeand
spendsmostof his time exploringthe West,
including Baja California, Mexico.Topher’sbackgroundis in musicand entertain-
ment.Duringhis 20s, he was in a bandsigned
to UniversalRecordsand performedin the
Glastonburyand iTunesfestivals.He wentto
schoolin Switzerlandbeforemovingto London
for 10 years.He thenreturnedhometo live in
Queenstown,NewZealand.Bridgetgrewup in
Fiji and NewZealand.Onceshe finishedhigh
school,she movedto Londonfor five years.
Her backgroundwas in marketingand website
development.Bridgetand Topheronly met
one anothera few monthsbeforethey began
theirthree-yearglobalexpeditionknownas
ExpeditionEarth.Despitebeingin Londonat
the sametime,and Bridgetevenattendingone
of Topher’sgigs,they only met once they had
moved back to New Zealand.TOPHERRICHWHITE
GraemeGreenis a photographer,journalist, BRIDGETTHACKWRAY
travelwriter,and editorfor internationalpu-
blicationsincludingBBC,theGuardian,the
SundayTimes,theSundayTelegraph,Wan-
derlust,SouthChinaMorningPostand others.
He has traveledthe worldfor 15 yearswith his
camera,notepad,and laptop,fromEthiopiato
Japanto Haiti,workingextensivelyin Africa,
Asia,and LatinAmerica.His photographic
workencompasseslocallife and cultures,
wildlife,landscapes,adventuretraveland
more,coveringstoriesfromhumantrafficking
to endangeredanimals.PhotographerSteve
McCurrysaysof him, “GraemeGreenhas an
eye for capturingcultureswith a particular
sensitivity.He givesa vibrant testimony of the
world we live in.”GRAEMEGREEN
Photo by Andrea MorenoChrisScottis an award-winning,UK-based
adventuretravelwriterwho specializesin the
Sahara;he’s visitedover 40 timessince1982,
fromthe AtlanticOceanto the Red Sea using
motorcycles,4WDs,a jacked-upMercedes
sedan,localbushtaxis,and camelcaravans.
Chris’desertfilmshavebeenfeaturedon the
NationalGeographicchannel,and for many
yearshe updatedthe Outbackregionsof Aus-
traliafor RoughGuides.His booksinclude
SaharaOverland,theAdventureMotorcycling
Handbook,andOverlanders’Handbook.Here -
centlypublisheda shortguideon Saharacamel
trekkingaswellasThe StreetRidingYears,an
urbanmemoirdescribinghis life as a motorcycle
messengerin 1980’sLondon.An Amazonbest-
seller, it wasRide magazine’s “Book of the Year.”CHRISSCOTT