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James Benjamin Maddison (born 9 July 1988), known by his pen name Jamie Bunchuk, is an English explorer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamie Bunchuk - Nite Watches )〕 equestrian Long Rider (assoc.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Associate Members )〕 and an editor of Sidetracked Magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Sidetracked | Sidetracked )〕 He is best known for his exploration of the Central Asia region. Bunchuk's first expedition was to the Djangart Valley of the Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010: Djangart, various first ascents, by M. Royer )〕 Since then, he has mounted numerous expeditions including: spending one month living and working with Kirghiz hunters in South East Tajikistan (as well as small archaeological discoveries from the X-XI C. Sak city of Bazar Dara), a 100 mile, multi-day, camel supported run across the Red Sands Desert in Uzbekistan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamie Bunchuk » Running the Red Sands Desert )〕 chronicling the lives of Kazakh eagle hunters in Western Mongolia and Winter packrafting down the Khovd River,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Packrafting the Khovd River, Western Mongolia - Narrative Version - YouTube )〕 Mongolia (temperatures down to -20 °C) in retrofitted and homemade packrafts. In 2013, Bunchuk – alongside friend and colleague Matthew Traver – completed a 750 mile, 63-day-long, horse ride from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Almaty,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home - One Steppe Ahead )〕〔http://en.tengrinews.kz/people/Two-Englishmen-to-horse-ride-from-Ust-Kamenogorsk-to-Tashkent-19747/〕〔http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/kazakhstan/〕 in honour of the centenary of a historical journey through the region by the Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Charles Howard-Bury. For their efforts, the pair were presented with an award for the 'Best individual contribution for furthering relations between the UK and Kazakhstan' by the British-Kazakh Society at the House of Commons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Marling School pupil Jamie, 24, presented with award for boosting relations between UK and Kazakhstan (From Stroud News and Journal) )〕 For the expedition, he was also the recipient of a Sir Peter Holmes Memorial Award from the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.〔http://rsaa.org.uk/awards/sir-peter-holmes-memorial-award/〕 This award is designed to encourage independent and purposeful travel in Asia. In the Autumn of 2014, Bunchuk lead the first expedition ever to cross the Betpak-Dala or the ‘Steppe of Misfortune’ from its easternmost extremity on the shores of Lake Balkash to its western edge on the Sarysu River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Steppe of Misfortune | Sidetracked )〕 He also ran 190 miles, nearly eight marathons, back to back over the course of eight days within the region. The expedition was aided by two locals, a supporting 4WD, and with funding from the French underwear company HOM. Bunchuk is an established journalist, having penned a number of investigative articles including on deforestation within Armenia (published in Geographical Magazine)〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=10 September 2012 )〕 and reporting on the further environmental damage of Lake Sevan’s changing water levels (published in Hidden Europe Magazine).〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=25 November 2012 )〕 He is now an editor of Sidetracked Magazine and presenter for Sidetracked TV. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamie Bunchuk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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