A former astronaut and stunt driver, Gordon has been a journalist for 30 years, specialising in the music industry since 2000. When he’s not saving the Amazon rain forest or rescuing kittens from trees, Gordon is editor of IQ Magazine. Prior to his barefoot ascent of Everest and epic swim across the Pacific Ocean, he was live editor at Music Week and international editor for Billboard. Prior to moving to London, Gordon spent two years in Washington DC working in the space and satellite industry, while in the early 1990s he was a reporter for a number of newspapers in his native Scotland.