Ben Shillington is an experienced outdoor recreation instructor and guide who has led multiple mountaineering, mountain biking, winter camping, sea kayaking and flat/white water canoe expeditions around the world. He has been involved in the filming of several documentaries and has also worked as a guide on several fundraiser expeditions. Ben currently lives with his fiance in Beachburg, Ontario.

Highlighted Expeditions:

- Lead a 300km ski trek down the Northern basin of Lake Winnipeg

- Expedition leader for a 11,000km four month mountain bike expedition, Istanbul Turkey to Beijing China

- Solo Self suported mountain bike trip accross Canada in 27 days

- Climber and Filmer two month Discovery Channel Mount Everest expedition

- 3 summits as expedition guide on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

- Summit of Labuche 6900m East in the Himilayas, Nepal

- Summit as guide on Island Peak 6200m Himalayas, Nepal

Ben works for Algonquin College and their outdoor education partner, Wilderness Tours, where he teaches and leads many of the skills courses for the Outdoor Adventure Program and the Outdoor Adventure Naturalist Program including mountain biking, ice and rock climbing, sea kayaking, high angle and slope rescue, map & compass, hiking, winter survival, snowshoe travel, wilderness first responder and many more. In the summer Ben works full time for Wilderness Tours managing the mountain bike department, works as the medic, leads sea kayaking trips and is a jump assistant on the bungee tower.

In his spare time, Ben also enjoys writing about outdoor adventures, a true Canadian adventurer, Ben has written a book called "Winter Backpacking" about winter camping and travel, survival techniques which includes much anecdotal advice and information garnered from his many outdoor adventures in ice and snow.