In The Media
Tom has appeared on Sky Sports Breakfast, Sky News, BBC Breakfast and on Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Sussex, BBC South Today, and BBC An Là. He has also been featured in newspapers such as the TIMES, the Guardian as well as his local paper, The Petersfield Post.
Here are some articles and clips of Tom in the news…
BBC Sussex - Chichester man completes 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic
BBC Radio Sussex interviewed Tom several times, before, during and after the crossing. The following article was written online about the row.
Atlantic Campaigns finishing video
Atlantic Campaigns put together a short finishing video of our crossing on the day we rowed into Antigua from the Canary Islands. It took us 38 days and 4 hours.
Sky News - Live interview with Team Seas Life mid-Atlantic
Tom and the team were interviewed LIVE by Sophy Ridge and Wilfred Frost at SKY News, whilst they were rowing – mid Atlantic.
Sky Sports Breakfast - Interview before the Atlantic Row
On November 25th, 2025, Tom was interviewed with Ollie Phillips, just before they set off on their Atlantic Row from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua. Tom was raising funds for the Cure Parkinson's Charity. Please donate.
Sky News - Interview with the team before the Atlantic Row
Tom and the team were interviewed LIVE by Sophy Ridge and Wilfred Frost at SKY News, in London, days before they set off to row across the Atlantic.
BBC News - Tom Clowes Rides 104 Miles on a Unicycle
In 2021, Tom raised £7,215.54 for Prostate Cancer UK by riding the entire length of the South Downs Way on a beautiful 29 inch Kris Holm unicycle. Tom was accompanied by his great friend, Neil Laughton, who rode a penny farthing. The trip took the friends 3 days. On the first day they covered 44 miles from Eastbourne to Henfield (they took a wrong turn resulting in an extra 4 miles!); on the second day they rode around 30 miles to Harting Down and then on the final day they travelled another 30 miles to Winchester. The story was picked up by BBC South Today.
Petersfield Post - Rogate mountaineer to unicycle South Downs
The Guardian - Tom Clowes Rides the South Downs Way on a Unicycle
BBC An Là - Tom Clowes Cycles the Hebridean Way on a Penny Farthing
In the Summer of 2023, Tom cycled the 320 miles along the Hebridean Way on his Penny Farthing. In doing so he raised £15,299.70 for the Stroke Association. He was accompanied by two friends, Simon and Woody, on their bicycles. They both carried the camping equipment and food. Without them, it would have been a lot harder for Tom. They went in the month of May and they only had a couple of days of rain. It took them 9 days and their story was picked up by the BBC who came interviewed Tom for a news story about the trip. Tom describes the Outer Hebrides as a stunningly beautiful place with incredibly warm people. They were bought breakfasts and lunch, people handed them money on the ride, one delightful couple even put them up for the night and gave them a bed and a warm shower on South Uist. The kindness of strangers was very moving.
The Times - Tom Clowes Tests His Penny Farthing in Rogate
Petersfield Post - Now That's a Wheely Tricky Challenge
Build Your Purpose Podcast with Tom Hicks
Ep 5: Tom Clowes - Finding your Purpose
Tom Clowes is one half of the first British brothers to summit Everest together. He's an adventurer, entrepreneur and international speaker whose journey into finding his purpose is fascinating. Along the way Tom talks about how his purpose has shifted from summiting some of the world's most impressive peaks to now focussing on his family. From climbing trees, to summiting Everest and leading expeditions to South America in para-motors to entrepreneurialism; Tom's journey is one we can all learn from.
Everest Talk Extract (Audio)
An extract from Tom's talk about his successful summit of Everest.
Everest Talk Extracts
Read the transcript
Transcript – Everest Extract (Tom Talks)
Speaker 1 (00:03)
Sitting in this tent at the moment, I don't feel safe. No.
Last year there was a big avalanche — it wiped out a whole load of tents coming up. The Icefall… I did not feel safe at all. Constant avalanche, constant rockfall, huge boulders falling down, crossing our path where we've just been.
It’s not safe. No matter what anyone says.
Speaker 2 (00:23)
I said at the beginning on the first trip, I'm going to try Everest once — and if I don't make it, then I don't make it.
I came down from the attempt exhausted and I said, “I never want to set foot on this mountain again. I never want anything to do with it again.”
And the following day, there’s video footage of me saying that I want to go back.
When we left the South Col on the 17th of May, it was 9:15 at night. It was very cold — probably about minus 55. We'd only been going for about three hours when my oxygen mask completely froze up and I couldn’t breathe. I was suffocating.
I was trying to chip the ice off the mask to try and make it work again, but to no avail.
I think it’s often hardest for the people who are left behind. When you're away, you are sort of living it — you're living it as it happens. Whereas they only get second-hand news via satellite telephone or email.
So, it is very distressing saying goodbye. Ben and I are the only sons, and for Mum it was particularly hard.