David Hempleman-Adams
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David Hempleman-Adams is an English explorer.
Adams was born in Swindon, Wiltshire in 1956. He is 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.
In 1984, he successfully completed a solo expedition to the Magnetic North Pole without dogs, snow mobiles or air supplies. Also he led the first team in 1992 to walk unsupported to the Geomagnetic North Pole.
In 1996, he completed a solo unsupported expedition to the South Pole on January 5th, sailed to the South Magnetic Pole on February 19th, and led a team of novices to ski to the Magnetic North Pole on May 15th.
In 2000 he joined with Norwegian, Rune Gjeldnes, to attempt to reach the Geographical North Pole unsupported. He also became the first man to fly a balloon over the North Pole in 2000
He has made seven Arctic expeditions
On September 22, 2003 he became the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker basket hot air balloon. The journey was from New Brunswick, Canada to Ireland.
In July 2004 he and co-pilot Lorne White flew a single engine Cessna from Cape Columbia in the north of Canada to Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, covering 11,060 miles and arriving on July 23 after 12 days.
His daughter Alicia Hempleman Adams is launching an expedition to become the youngest person to trek to the North Pole in April 2005.