Complex sentence: The idea for an expedition first came as a wild idea to Stevie Smith as he worked in his office in Paris, soon he set about making the idea a reality and he got the help of his friend Jason Lewis who agreed to come with him.
Split into simpler sentences: The idea for an expedition first came as a wild idea to Stevie Smith as he worked in his office in Paris. He soon he set about making the idea a reality and got the help of his friend Jason Lewis who agreed to come with him.