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In December 2015/January 2016, adventurer Doug Tumminello will attempt to ski from the coast of Antarctica, at Hercules Inlet, to the South Pole, a distance of approximately 750 miles. Solo.
Doug has led mountaineering expeditions to and summited many mountains around the world, including Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, and Argentina’s Cerro Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America. During one expedition to Mt. McKinley, his team was awarded a commendation by the National Park Service for the assistance they gave to a climber during a severe storm high on the mountain.
Doug was the team leader of Team No Limits, a private expedition that scaled Mt. Everest via the Southeast Ridge, the route made famous by the 1996 disaster reported in John Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air. Despite experiencing great difficulties, including the death of two of his Sherpa teammates in an avalanche, he stood atop Mt. Everest’s summit early in the morning of May 23, 2006.
In 2009, despite having no seafaring background, Doug was on an 8-person crew that rowed Audeamus (“Let Us Dare”), a 36’ ocean rowing boat, across the Indian Ocean from Western Australia to Mauritius, an island off the coast of Africa. The crew was at sea for 58 days and set the world record for the fastest row of the Indian Ocean, a total of 3,700 miles. The row set a number of firsts, including the first Americans to row the Indian Ocean.
When people ask Doug why he is driven to exploration he answers, “the best I can come up with is that I’m not articulate enough to be a poet, observant enough to be an artist, insightful enough to be a philosopher, or truthful enough to be a theologian. My talent is adventure. It’s incredibly liberating to unplug, unwire, log off – to stop accepting electronic data input, which only masquerades as substance, and instead to experience the natural world in all of its beauty, majesty and, often, fury.”
For more details on Doug’s previous expeditions, follow the links below:
http://www.piraterow.com
http://www.teamnolimits.com
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southpolesolo.com
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