Pen Farthing

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About the Author

PEN FARTHING is the host of a ten-part series that will air on the Discovery Channel in 2019, and is featured on the Animal Planet Dodo Heroes. A passion for the outdoors and a love of doing everything the hard way found an 18-year-old Farthing visiting a Royal Marine careers office asking to take on the toughest infantry training in the world. 30 weeks later and Pen had earned the coveted Green Beret of the Commandos. His military career, which has included tours of Iraq and Afghanistan, lasted over twenty years. Farthing was named CNN Hero 2014.