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Ranking in 7summits list, either CP or K | : | 34 |
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Ranking in Carstensz Pyramid list | : | 28 |
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Ranking in Kosciuszko list | : | 24 |
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First name | : | David |
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Family name | : | Hempleman-Adams |
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Gender | : | male |
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Country of origin | : | UK |
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Date of Birth | : | 1956-10-10 |
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Name of first summit | : | Denali |
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Date of climbing the first summit | : | 1980-08-05 |
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Name of final summit in Carstensz list | : | Carstensz |
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Date of final summit in Carstensz list | : | 1995-05-07 |
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Name of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | Kosciuszko |
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Date of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | 1996-02-03 |
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Date of climbing Kilimanjaro | : | 1981-03-29 |
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Date of climbing Elbrus | : | 1994-08-14 |
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Date of climbing Aconcagua | : | 1995-03-01 |
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Date of climbing Denali | : | 1980-08-05 |
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Date of climbing Vinson | : | 1994-11-20 |
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Date of climbing Everest | : | 1993-10-09 |
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Date of climbing Carstensz Pyramid | : | 1995-05-07 |
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Date of climbing Kosciuszko | : | 1996-02-03 |
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Climbed Carstensz Pyramid? | : | Yes |
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Climbed Kosciuszko? | : | Yes |
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Total time including Carstensz Pyramid | : | 14y,275d |
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Total time including Kosciuszko | : | 15y,182d |
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Age when finished with CP | : | 38y,209d |
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Age when finished with K | : | 39y,116d |
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Additional Info | : | Buy his book here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752817973/the7summitscom
Nice bio:
http://www.swindonweb.com/guid/peophemp0.htm
David Hempleman-Adams was born in Wiltshire in the town of Swindon in 1956. His interest in expeditioning began through the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, of which he is a Gold medallist.
He also completed the great challenge of successfully completing a solo expedition to the Magnetic North Pole without dogs, snow mobiles and even air supplies, this was done in 1984, he was the first to do it. Also he led the first team in 1992 to walk unsupported to the North Geomagnetic Pole.
In total the number of expeditions he's made is seven Arctic expeditions and being only the third Briton to have climbed all the seven continental summits. Again yet another solo journey was made on January 5th 1996 he became the first Briton to do this alone and unsupported to the South Pole.
A brave adventurer being mostly first to attempt things when on February 19th 1996 he sailed to the South Magnetic Pole, becoming the first person to do so in the same year. But the Ultimate Challenge came on May 15th where he led a team of novices, to ski to the Magnetic North Pole, gaining some notable firsts. In one year he had become the only person to ever reach both North and South Magnetic Poles. Last year he joined with Norwegian, Rune Gjeldnes, to attempt to reach the North Geographical Pole unsupported.
He had made a previous attempt to do a solo expedition in 1983 but unfortunately failed due to a fall on the ice which resulted in several cracked ribs. This Expedition will be his third attempt to reach the elusive goal. Now he has made 29 major expeditions around the world.
Promises a unique adventure "first", and will rank as one of the world's greatest ever feats. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Everest, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole, Admiral Robert Peary reached the North Pole and Pat Morrow climbed the highest peak of each of the seven continents. David Hempleman-Adams will this March make his own bid for history book fame. He will become one of the world's greatest living adventurers but only if he's successful. The aim is to complete the Ultimate Grand Slam of climbing the highest mountain on each continent and reaching the North and South Geographic and Magnetic Poles.
David Hempleman-Adams is aiming to become the first person to fly over the Arctic Ocean and reach the North Pole in a Roziere balloon, using an open wicker basket. This has been attempted before but never completed successfully, one made by Salomon Andree in 1987. The motivation for doing this Britannic challenge is that it's one of the last great exploration challenges remaining.
Update: On 29 April, 1998, David became the first man in history to reach the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climb the highest peaks in all seven continents.
Update: in March 2003, he also broke the high altitude record for open balloons, see the forum for details:
http://7summits.com/forum/index.php?topic=395.0
Awards
1994 - M.B.E Queen's Honour's List Services to Polar Exploration
1997 -Livingstone Medal The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Distinguished contribution to the advancement of geography
- Bronze Award The Royal Humane Society Bravery
- Gold Medallist Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
Thanks to Marie Cannon for the short bio we used: http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/wiltshire/leisure/hempleman/back.html
About his attempt to fly over Everest in a balloon:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1480000/1480396.stm
and about the denial of permission to actually do it:
http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/2001/9/20_3.html
About his 2004 high altitude ballon record:
http://7summits.com/forum/index.php?topic=395.0 |
