Mike Horn

Mike Horn is a world-renowned explorer, TV personality and coach and has been described as France’s Bear Grylls. He was born in South Africa in 1966 and after serving in the South African Special Forces, he relocated to Switzerland. In 1991, he embarked on his first adventure, exploring the Peruvian Andes, rafting and paragliding. In 2015, he lost his wife, Cathy, to cancer: this event inspired him to realise his childhood dream of crossing the Antarctic unassisted. He and his daughters live in Switzerland.

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Dream of a Lifetime – Crossing Antarctica_AI

Dream of a Lifetime

In December 2016, Mike Horn crossed the South Pole unassisted, journeying across this immense, white desert by kite-ski and sled alone. He was determined to follow an unexplored path, the longest and most challenging route imaginable: 5 100 kilometres straight ahead. A daredevil’s first hand account of realising a crazy dream, this book shows what is possible when one is fuelled by the love and support of family and friends.

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