Three Poles Challenge
The Three Poles is an adventurer’s challenge to reach all three of the North Pole, the South Pole, and Mount Everest.
The first person to reach all three poles was Sir Edmund Hillary. He reached the top of Everest in February 1953, the South Pole in January 1958 and made it to the North Pole in company with Neil Armstrong in April 1985.
Tina Sjögren became the very first woman to complete in 2002.[1]
Adrian Hayes set a ‘speed record’ by completing the Three Poles challenge in 19 months and 3 days, between 25 May 2006 and 28 Dec 2007, breaking the previous record of 24 months. In 2011, former Wales rugby union international Richard Parks completed the Three Poles challenge in 5 months as part of his successful attempt to reach both geographic poles and climb all of the Seven Summits within 7 months; however, his surface journeys to both the North and South Poles began at 1 degree of latitude from each pole.
Vanessa O'Brien became the fastest woman to complete the Three Poles Challenge in April 2013, finishing the challenge in 11 months.[2]
See also
- Seven Summits
- Seven Second Summits
- Volcanic Seven Summits
- Explorers Grand Slam, also known as The Adventurers Grand Slam — the Three Poles plus the Seven Summits
- Eight-thousander
- Mountaineers 5 Peak Pin
References
- "Sir Edmund Hillary; An Extraordinary Life" by Alexa Johnston first published 2005.
External links
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