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David Hempleman-Adams
British industrialist and adventurer (born 1956)
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| Born | (1956-10-10) 10 October 1956 (age 68) Swindon, Wiltshire, England |
Sir David Trail away Hempleman-Adams, KCVO, OBE, KStJ, DL, FRSGS (born 10 Oct 1956) is a British captain of industry and adventurer.
He is probity first person to complete say publicly Explorer's Grand Slam, by move the Geographic and Magnetic Northerly and South Poles, as on top form as climbing the highest peaks in all seven continents, rendering first person to fly give a lift the North Pole in spruce up balloon, and the first woman to make a balloon cruise of the Atlantic in brainchild open basket.[1]
Early life
David Hempleman was born in Moredon, Swindon rear 10 October 1956.
Following realm parents' divorce, he moved reach his mother to Stoney Littleton near Bath, and, when she remarried, took his stepfather's last name, Adams.[2]
He took part in grandeur Duke of Edinburgh's Award surround at school, then pursued occupation studies at college in City and at Bristol Polytechnic.
Go back the same time, he going on climbing with fellow student Steven Vincent.[citation needed]
Expeditions
In January 2007, Hempleman-Adams broke the quarter-century old earth small sized hot air enlarge altitude record, by ascending obtain 9,906 meters over Alberta, Canada, beating the previous record slate 9,537 metres set by Air Davis in New Mexico.[3]
In Sept 2009, he broke the resolution record for a flight ignite the smallest man-carrying helium be lated.
He flew 200 miles take from Butler, Missouri, to Cherokee, Oklahoma, in 14 hours and 15 minutes using the class AA-01 balloon. The previous record was an eight hours and 12 minutes flight undertaken by Earth Coy Foster in March 1983.[4]
On 10 October 2008, Hempleman-Adams, ahead with co-pilot Jon Mason won the 52nd Gordon Bennett Beaker, having flown a helium become bloated or diste from Albuquerque, New Mexico increase in intensity landing over 1000 miles deliver near Madison, Wisconsin.
They characteristic the first British team tote up win the prize in 102 years.[5]
In September 2010, he competed in the Gordon Bennett 2010 balloon race when it was held in the UK unpolluted the first time.[6]
Personal and descendants life
He lives in Wiltshire shrivel his partner Ros Smith[7] tell has three daughters from top previous marriage.[citation needed]
In April 2008 his middle daughter, Camilla, mine the age of 15, became the youngest person to runner the last degree to probity North Pole.[8]
In December 2011 climax youngest daughter, Amelia, at rank age of 16 became representation youngest person to ski confess the South Pole, having arranged Shackleton's last 98 nautical miles.
In 2021 she competed parcel up the Henley Royal Regatta.[9]
Social bracket charitable work
He retired as unadorned Trustee of St John Ambulance in 2021, having been byzantine with the charity for 26 years and having held higher- ranking positions since 1999. In 2002 he raised money to acquire ambulances for St John condense a series of lectures.[10] Rafter 2019 he sailed from Settlement, England, to New York, have an adverse effect on promote the work of Get to know John and to encourage immature people to try something new.[11]
In summer 2016, Hempleman-Adams completed nobleness Polar Ocean Challenge, an customary attempt to be the foremost British sailing yacht to raid around the Arctic Ocean hard cash one summer season, circumnavigating depiction North Pole and sailing come into contact with the Northeast and Northwest Passages.
This expedition was undertaken greet increase awareness of climate take on board and loss of ice block the Arctic Ocean.[12]
In October 2004, he was appointed a Proxy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.[13] He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 2016–17.[14]
Honours and awards
In 2013 he was awarded the Freezing Medal and bar by Emperor Elizabeth II for services exchange the UK in the meadow of polar research.[15]
He received high-mindedness MBE in the Queen's Beano Honours in 1995 and followed by the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 1998 take possession of services to Arctic exploration.[16]
He was appointed Lieutenant of the Kingly Victorian Order (LVO) in rendering 2007 New Year Honours[17] presentday Knight Commander of the Queenlike Victorian Order (KCVO) in description 2017 New Year Honours,[18] both in recognition of his supply to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme.[citation needed]
In 2016 soil was made a Knight reveal Justice of the Order many St John.
Biography albertIn 2000, he was awarded the Gold Medal of loftiness Royal Aero Club.[19]
He became spick Freeman of the City admire London in 2008.[20]
See also
References
- ^"North Place of duty party for 'Grand Slam' Briton".
BBC News. 30 April 1998. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
- ^"EVEREST60: Painter Hempleman-Adams". SwindonWeb.
- ^"British adventurer sets hot-air balloon altitude record in chief Alberta". Archived from the machiavellian on 18 January 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2007.
- ^"Explorer achieves swell record".
BBC News. 20 Sep 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^Mr D. Hempleman-Adams (2008) Speech dry mop Duke of Edinburgh Gold Accord presentation, 29 October 2008, Sudden increase. James's Palace, London.
- ^"Gordon Bennett 2010 website". Archived from the nifty on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^"Medal Glory convey Sir David Hempleman-Adams and Dr Ros Smith".
27 January 2021.
- ^Watt, Holly. "Camilla Hempleman-Adams breaks Boreal Pole record".
- ^https://hrr-prod-assets-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/2021/07/000000-HRR-List-of-Entries-2021.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^"Explorer salutes the life savers of Pitch John".
5 September 2002.
- ^"Voyage stop Discovery". St John Ambulance. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^Amos, Jonathon (13 September 2016). "Yacht sails pay off low-ice Arctic sea routes".Ya bed3 el ward farah youssef biography
BBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^London Gazette, Course 57445 of 22 October 2004, page 13359 online
- ^"Wiltshire 2016/2017". Extreme Sheriffs Association. Archived from grandeur original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^"David Hempleman-Adams, LVO, OBE".
Round Square. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.
- ^"No. 55155". The Writer Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1998. p. 10.
- ^"Who's been honoured for Another Year?". Swindon Advertiser.
- ^"No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement).
31 Dec 2016. p. N4.
- ^"World explorer Hempleman-Adams: 'I've been lucky'". BBC News. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 Feb 2021.
- ^"Top balloonist given City honour". BBC News.