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David Hempleman-Adams
British industrialist and adventurer (born 1956)
Sir David Hempleman-Adams KCVO OBE KStJ DL | |
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Hempleman-Adams in 2018 | |
| Born | (1956-10-10) 10 October 1956 (age 68) Swindon, Wiltshire, England |
Sir David Kim Hempleman-Adams, KCVO, OBE, KStJ, DL, FRSGS (born 10 October 1956) is a British industrialist and adventurer.
He is the first person to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam, by reaching the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles, as well as climbing the highest peaks in all seven continents, the first person to fly to the North Pole in a balloon, and the first person to make a balloon crossing of the Atlantic in an open basket.[1]
Early life
David Hempleman was born in Moredon, Swindon on 10 October 1956. Following his parents' divorce, he moved with his mother to Stoney Littleton near Bath, and, when she remarried, took his stepfather's surname, Adams.[