Explorers Grand Slam


The Explorers Grand Slam is an adventurer goal to reach the North Pole and South Pole, as well as climb the Seven Summits.
skiing the last degree to the North Pole as part of the Explorers Grand Slam in 2013. She was the first woman to complete the Last Degree in under one year.

History

The original concept involved the polar trips starting from accepted coastal points, involving long sledging journeys. Over time the significantly shorter, easier, and less serious "Last Degree" polar trips – from 89 degrees to the pole – have been claimed as the Explorers Grand Slam. Currently, the climbing community and other leading organizations including the American Alpine Club, The Explorers Club, climbing companies such as International Mountain Guides, and the popular press all define the Explorers Grand Slam as having accomplished the Seven Summits plus the North and South Poles. There is some consensus that a True Explorers Grand Slam means one will also have summitted all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres . Likewise, there is some consensus that a True Adventurers Grand Slam is achieved by also visiting the magnetic north and south poles.
In 1998, David Hempleman-Adams became the first person to complete a Explorers Grand Slam.
In April 2005, Park Young Seok became the first person to complete a True Explorers Grand Slam.
In 2011, former Wales rugby union international Richard Parks became the first person ever to complete the Grand Slam within a single calendar year, doing so within seven months.
On April 16, 2013, Vanessa O'Brien became the first woman to complete the Grand Slam under a single calendar year, doing so in eleven months.
On April 22, 2013, Cheryl Bart became the first Australian female and the 31st person worldwide to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam.
In 2014, Jing Wang became the fastest woman to complete the Grand Slam in 142 days.
In 2014, Ryan Waters became the first American to complete the True Adventurers Grand Slam by skiing full-length, unsupported and unassisted North and South Pole expeditions and climbing the seven summits.
On April 21, 2015, Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik became world's first twins and siblings as well as the first South Asians to complete the Explorers Grand Slam.
On May 27, 2016, Colin O'Brady became the fastest person to complete the Explorers Grand Slam, doing so in 139 days. He is the current world speed record holder for completing the Explorers Grand Slam
On April 12, 2017, Marin Minamiya became the youngest person to complete the Explorers Grand Slam at 20 years old.

People who completed the quest

Explorers Grand Slam

In Chronological Order
  1. David Hempleman-Adams
  2. Erling Kagge
  3. Fyodor Konyukhov
  4. Heo Young-Ho
  5. Park Young Seok
  6. Bernard Voyer
  7. Cecilie Skog
  8. Maxime Chaya
  9. Ryan Waters
  10. Stuart Smith
  11. Johan Ernst Nilson
  12. Wilco van Rooijen
  13. Haraldur Olafsson
  14. Khoo Swee Chiow
  15. Alison Levine
  16. Mostafa Salameh
  17. Newall Hunter
  18. Zhang Liang
  19. Grazyna Machnik
  20. Jaco Ottink
  21. Jérôme Brisebourg

    Explorers Grand Slam (Last Degree)

In Chronological Order
  1. Sean Disney
  2. Vaughan de la Harpe
  3. Sibusiso Vilane
  4. Arthur Marsden
  5. Andrew Van Der Velde
  6. Vernon Tejas
  7. Will Cross
  8. Lei Wang
  9. Neil Laughton
  10. Jo Gambi
  11. Rob Gambi
  12. Randall Peeters
  13. Wang Yongfeng
  14. Ci Luo
  15. Liu Jian
  16. Wang Shi
  17. Zhong Jianmin
  18. Jin Feibao
  19. Wang Qiuyang
  21. Richard Parks
  22. Andrea Cardona
  23. John Dahlem
  24. Matthew Holt
  25. Arnold Witzig
  26. Len Stanmore
  27. Cheryl Bart
  28. Vanessa O'Brien
  30. Jing Wang
  31. Tashi Malik
  32. Nungshi Malik
  33. Omar Samra
  34. Maria Gordon
  35. Colin O'Brady
  36. John Moorhouse
  37. Victor Vescovo
  38. Sean Swarner
  39. Marin Minamiya
  40. Michael W. Grigsby
  41. Julia Elinor Schultz
  42. Muhamad Muqharabbin Mokhtarrudin
  43. Mike Gibbons
  44. Nikolaos Mangitsis
  45. Josu Feijoo
  46. James Holliday
  47. Joel Schauer
  48. Alexander Pancoe
  49. Leifur Svavarsson