Olivia on Adrain Hayes

Adrian Hayes

I thought that Adrian Hayes was a very insperational man ,and had a very down-to-earth attitude, he was very knowledgable.

Here are some facts I found on him:

He was the 15th person to reach all 3 poles(the North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest) and was also in the Guiness World records for being the fastest person to reach all 3 poles.He trained by pulling his son in tyres at a temperature 45-degrees and also using weights . He stood on the 29,029ft summit of Mt Everest on May 25, 2006.

He has recently been around Greenland from the atlantic Ocean on the north coast between May and July 2009.It was an expedition which had never been done before,with two Canadian team mates;Devon McDiarmid and Derek Crowe.Using the power of the wind to kite ski and haul 150kg sleds for 2 months over a 3500km route that has never been done before, the Emirates NBD Greenland Quest was the longest unassisted Arctic Polar journey in history.They all say "The expedition is not about breaking records, however, nor is it just an extreme physical challenge. Aside from being an adventure that all three of us want to do first and foremost, it is also to convey a message: That is we live on 1 planet and need to stop living, in countries such as the USA and UAE.We are living in the UAE so badly that we would have to use 9 planets to take all the polution and electronics that we use!"

Adrian Hayes taught me alot about the enviorment and I will use my water wisely and use my electronics less!

I really enjoyed him coming into School.

Olivia