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Doha
Fahad Badar, a Qatari banking executive leader and high-altitude climber, arrived in Antarctica to begin the first leg of his expedition to ski the last degree and climb Mount Vinson.
This incredible crossing with 24 hours of continuous daylight involves skiing in intervals for 110 kilometres, using sleds to haul provisions across the Antarctic in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, which can drop down to minus 50 at the summit.
Skiing the last degree simply means one degree of latitude, where Badar will ski from 89 degrees South to 90 degrees of the South Pole, a distance of 60 nautical miles or 110 kilometres.
Badar is expected to reach deep within the frozen Antarctic for the second leg of his expedition sometime after the first week of January, 2020 to then scale one of the coldest mountains on earth, Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica; Fahad’s fourth of the seven summits.
Records show that only around 1,200 climbers have surmounted Vinson since 1966, much less than Everest.
Badar shared his aspirations for the journey ahead saying, “I know it will be a physically challenging expedition with extreme weather conditions that can be obstacles to success. However, I am feeling extremely positive after months of training and ready to set out on this next challenge with the determination to succeed.”
In May of this year, Fahad made history by becoming the first Arab male to double summit both Mount Everest and Lhotse in a single expedition.
He is one of 85 people in the world to have succeeded this massive accomplishment, making him also one of only two Qataris to successfully climb Mount Everest to date.
Fahad Badar can be followed on his social media Instagram account @fahad917 for more news as he reaches the summit of Mount Vinson in the coming days.
Doha
Fahad Badar, a Qatari banking executive leader and high-altitude climber, arrived in Antarctica to begin the first leg of his expedition to ski the last degree and climb Mount Vinson.
This incredible crossing with 24 hours of continuous daylight involves skiing in intervals for 110 kilometres, using sleds to haul provisions across the Antarctic in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, which can drop down to minus 50 at the summit.
Skiing the last degree simply means one degree of latitude, where Badar will ski from 89 degrees South to 90 degrees of the South Pole, a distance of 60 nautical miles or 110 kilometres.
Badar is expected to reach deep within the frozen Antarctic for the second leg of his expedition sometime after the first week of January, 2020 to then scale one of the coldest mountains on earth, Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica; Fahad’s fourth of the seven summits.
Records show that only around 1,200 climbers have surmounted Vinson since 1966, much less than Everest.
Badar shared his aspirations for the journey ahead saying, “I know it will be a physically challenging expedition with extreme weather conditions that can be obstacles to success. However, I am feeling extremely positive after months of training and ready to set out on this next challenge with the determination to succeed.”
In May of this year, Fahad made history by becoming the first Arab male to double summit both Mount Everest and Lhotse in a single expedition.
He is one of 85 people in the world to have succeeded this massive accomplishment, making him also one of only two Qataris to successfully climb Mount Everest to date.
Fahad Badar can be followed on his social media Instagram account @fahad917 for more news as he reaches the summit of Mount Vinson in the coming days.
