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David Hempleman-Adams
This man has gone places! David Hempleman-Adams earned a place in history when he reached the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climbed the highest peaks in all seven continents. “I had been transformed from a boy from a railway town to a country lad,” he recalls in his autobiography, Toughing It Out. “I loved getting dirty, working hard, and forever being in the fresh country air. My love affair with adventures followed shortly afterwards.” By the age of 16 he had already conquered a succession of Welsh mountains. Studying business at a college in Manchester David spent his spare time learning whatever he could about mountaineering. In August 1993, he finally set off to try to fulfill his boyhood dream. “At precisely 11.38am on 9 October 1993, I clambered on top of Mount Everest and stood there, on the summit of the world, in disbelief… I had three minutes to myself on the snowy mound that represented one of my major goals in life.” A series of climbs to the summits of mountains in all seven continents made David the third Briton to complete all seven peaks. In spite of becoming a father of a third and obtaining an MBE, David’s thoughts were turning to the South Pole. It was 1996 and before January was over he had completed an epic 680-mile solo walk to the Geographic South Pole. Within a month he had also reached the Magnetic South Pole, this time by boat, completing the trip in the only time of the year that it isn’t frozen over. The hat-trick was completed in May when he led the Ultimate Challenge team to the Magnetic North Pole. Later, A fall through the ice was not enough to stop David Hempleman-Adams from writing his name in the history books as he finally made it to the Geographic North Pole, and shortly after returning he was awarded the OBE to add to his MBE. If that wasn’t enough of achievements to go down into the books, it was on 11 December 1998 that David Hempleman-Adams once again carved is name in history when he became the first person to balloon over the Andes. |
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