I grew up immersed in the outdoors, my parents took my siblings and me camping, fishing, and hiking regularly. We even took a 13-month family road trip around Australia when I was 6 years old - a memorable journey full of campfires, dirt, and lots of time outside. I’ve always been a bit of an introvert though, and as I progressed into my teenage years I found myself spending more time behind a computer screen playing video games than outside in nature. It wasn’t until a friend of mine dragged me out on a multi-day hiking trip on a section of Western Australia’s Bibbulmun Track that my childhood love of the outdoors was reignited.

I spent my early 20s exploring and found myself drawn to longer and longer hiking trails. I started documenting my hikes online so that I would have something to look back on. To my surprise, people started following along. By 2021, at the age of 25, I stepped into full-time content creation and set a goal to walk the 1,000km Bibbulmun Track end to end. I completed that goal in October 2021. It was an incredible experience and it was on that trail that I fell in love with thru-hiking. Next, I walked 3,000km on New Zealand’s Te Araroa and most recently walked almost 5,000km from Mexico to Canada on The Pacific Crest Trail.

The more I hiked, the more I discovered the importance of nutrition on the trail. I’ve always taken supplements with me when I’m hiking, none of which were ever optimized for outdoor adventure specifically. Working on creating a simple and comprehensive solution for hikers and adventurers across the globe has been an incredibly fun and fulfilling experience. I was able to field-test Optiventure on my PCT journey, and it was an absolute game-changer. I’m excited for the journey ahead, knowing how much of a positive impact Optiventure will have on adventurers everywhere.

I have been an entrepreneur at heart since I started selling marbles at
school when I was 7 years old! I grew up in Kenya and moved to Australia
when I was 10 with my family. Early in life, my parents took us on many
adventures and I even summited Mount Kenya when I was just 15 years
old! It was a gruelling climb but I can still vividly remember the
feeling of the summit. Funnily enough, since I left high school I didn't
really do much outdoor adventure due to university and running my first
business (which I sold in 2024). I reconnected with my adventurous
spirit in 2021 when I did my first section hike of the Bibbulmun Track
in Western Australia and it re-ignited a core part of my soul. 

Since
then I have done many section hikes, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, spent 6
weeks on a Himalayan expedition, multi-day trail running events, and a
few things in between. I have always been really passionate about
health, wellness, and nutrition as well as a supplement
self-experimenter for well over a decade. From vitamins and electrolytes
to herbs, superfoods, mushrooms, and probiotics I always try the latest
and greatest to find any edge. 

Optiventure blends my passion
for outdoor adventure and health/nutrition with my love for
entrepreneurship so it feels like something I was always meant to do.
Co-founding Optiventure and working on it every day with one of my
closest mates has been a dream come true and I can't wait to see where
this journey takes us!

Hiking and nutrition have been intertwined in my life ever since I laced up my boots en route for Everest Base Camp in 2017 and realised how
much the right fuel (or lack of it) can make or break an adventure. Since then, I've hiked as often as possible, solo-hiking 120km in Sweden, group-hiking Tasmania’s Overland Track, and sweating it out on the Jatbula Trail in the NT. Along the way, I’ve experimented with every kind of trail fuel — even hiking untrained on cup-a-soup and two-minute noodles — just to see what works and what doesn't.

As a qualified nutritionist with a Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutrition and years of experience writing, testing, and consulting on outdoor food products as the Hiker’s Nutritionist, I bring a unique blend of expertise to Optiventure. My passion lies in creating innovative, research-backed solutions for adventurers who want their food to work as hard as they do. Whether it’s helping hikers
perform better on the trail or designing ultra-light, nutrient-dense
options for multi-day expeditions, I don’t recommend anything I haven’t
personally evaluated or believe in.

Optiventure is the ultimate intersection of my skills, interests, and mission: to empower adventurers with the nutrition they need to explore and extend their limits. I can’t wait to help redefine what fuel for outdoor adventure can be. When I’m not developing supplements or reviewing hiking snacks, you’ll find me contributing to the outdoor community at We Are Explorers.