 He has worked as both a white water and a mountain bike guide on the Ottawa River where he led multi-day white water and flat canoe trips throughout Northern Ontario.
He has embarked on a number of adventure activities including a solo bike trek across Canada, a mountainous bike expedition in Italy, and a desert bike trip throughout the Southwestern United States. On various occasions, he has gone back country winter camping and skiing across Canada.
Most notably, Ben was a mountain climber for the Discovery Channel for their Fall 2003 Mount Everest Expedition. He spent two months climbing and filming the western crown of Mount Everest up to Base Camp II (6,500 m).
He has also summited a 21,000 ft peak at Laboche East in the Himalayas.
In 2005, Ben Shillington returned to Everest again with Ben Webster for a trek to Base Camp.
In December 2006, Ben Shillington and another Outdoor Adventure graduate, Cameron Dube, are helping Ben Webster lead students on an expedition in Africa for Algonquin College's Small World Big Picture educational project. |
