Adrian Hayes Talk
4 - 5pm | Kinkead Room (Calshot) | £5 per Ticket
Adrian Hayes Talk
Joining us for Calshot’s Everest Jubilee Challenge - the record-breaking adventurer and Calshot Climbing Wall member Adrian Hayes will deliver a presentation on the beauty, brutality and reality of climbing Mount Everest.
As a British record-breaking polar explorer/adventurer and former British Army Gurkha Officer, Hayes is best known for reaching the three extreme points of the Earth - the Three Poles Challenge - which involved walking all the way to the North Pole, South Pole and summiting Mount Everest, all in the shortest period of time (1 year, 217 days - his first Guinness World record). Setting a second Guinness World record in 2009, Hayes embarked on the longest unsupported snowkiting journey in Arctic history, the 3,120 kilometres (1,940 mi) vertical crossing of the Greenland ice cap.
Hayes has also featured in/presented three documentaries: The Greenland Quest in 2011 for the National Geographic Channel, Footsteps of Thesiger in 2013 and In Inner Mongolia in 2017 for the Discovery Channel.
Recent Expeditions:
Mount Everest 2006
North Pole 2007
Greenland 2009
Arabian Desert (Empty Quarter) 2011
K2 2013
K2 2014
Makalu 2015
All proceeds will go towards The Gurkha Welfare Trust. The Gurkha Welfare Trust enables Gurkha veterans, their families and their wider communities to live their lives with dignity.
The Jubilee Weekend at Calshot:
- Climb at Calshot and join the Everest Jubilee Challenge on Saturday 4 June to climb the height of the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest - that’s 8,848m!
- Make a weekend of it and carry on the celebrations by joining us on Sunday 5 June at our Jubilee Lunch.
- Stay at Calshot and camp with views over the Solent, Southampton Water and the Isle of Wight.
- Ramp up the fun and zoom down the slopes on Ringos or spend the day exploring Calshot Spit and visit the historic Calshot Castle. Take a stroll along the beach and enjoy refreshments in the café.