About us

RJ7 Expeditions provide exceptional ethical travel experiences. Operating from offices on four continents, we deliver treks, climbs and challenges to charity fundraisers, corporate teams, and small groups. Working in strategic partnership with Camps International, together we uniquely own our ground operations, employing over 150 staff worldwide. This enables us to ensure the highest level of service from the point of booking right through to the summit of the highest mountains.

Rhys Jones

Rhys is Managing Director of RJ7 and has experience that belies his age. He claimed a World record as the youngest person to complete the Seven Summits Challenge- to climb the highest mountain on each of the World’s seven continents, reaching the top of Mount Everest on his 20th birthday, in 2006. Now after several years of full time mountaineering, Rhys runs RJ7 from the U.K Head Office in Hampshire, but still frequently leads trips and is an experienced and popular expedition Guide. He also maintains a good profile on the speaking circuit, working with a broad spectrum of clients across all business sectors and specialising in safety leadership and managing teams in high risk environments. Outside of RJ7, Rhys is passionate about working with young people and runs a social enterprise called Youth Unlimited, which aims to inspire them to push their boundaries, and live a healthy and active lifestyle. He is also a Patron of Wave105 Cash for Kids, an Ambassador for Sail 4 Cancer and works closely with outdoor organisations such as The National Trust.

Stuart Rees Jones

Stuart is Chairman of RJ7 and the Founder and CEO of Camps International, specialist providers of school team and gap year travel programmes and ground handling services to responsible travel providers. Stuart is passionate about running an ethical and successful business, and deeply believes that the two are achieved in unison; the better the business does, the greater difference it can make. It is through this shared ethos that Stuart and Rhys decided to team up in a strategic partnership to deliver outstanding ethical travel experiences to small groups. Prior to setting up Camps, Stuart served for 8 years in the British Army and subsequently spent several years leading expeditions. He now lives in the UK with his family after several years in Kenya and Asia.