We are a group of SOAS third year students studying adventure based degrees and are taking on a 10 day mountain packing expedition across the alps going from Innsbruck to Verona. Part of our aim whilst doing this is to showcase how beneficial the outdoors, nature and adventure can be to peoples mental health and overall well being. For our expedition we have partnered with Mind over Mountain with the aim to help them on their Project 500 campaign which will help more people to experience the benefits of the outdoors.

Mind Over Mountains is an ambitious and innovative mental health charity that enables people to thrive through therapeutic outdoor experiences. They enable people to restore and sustain their mental health and wellbeing through a highly integrated practice that brings together walking in nature, mindfulness, and professional coaching and counselling. With your help we can move mountains!

We are also documenting our journey through our Instagram @uhisoas_transalps2025 so please follow along to see how we prepare for this challenge and push ourselves to new limits.