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Jamie writes in a recent article about meeting fellow adventurer Hannah McKeand when 'training' in the Arctic for his last adventure. Here's a short video about her North Pole adventures.
About Jamie Fitzgerald
Jamie Fitzgerald is a modern-day pioneer - an ordinary New Zealander who has achieved extraordinary successes in the worlds of adventure, elite sport, business and leadership. Literally tens of thousands of people have already been inspired by Jamie’s life stories.
Jamie Fitzgerald - an inspiration in performance:
• Winner of the Trans-Atlantic Rowing Race, and world record holder
• Antarctic Adventurer – walking unaided to the South Pole;
• New Zealand Elite sports representative;
• Entrepreneur;
• Internationally acclaimed speaker
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+64 (21) 825516
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Many of you will be well aware that Kevin Biggar released a book last year about the 2003 Trans-Atlantic race called 'The Oarsome Adventures of the Fat Boy Rower' - (that's not me he's talking about by the way!) As part of the editing process he had to cut out his planned preface about whether adventure is over. I thought you might like to read it because there is a message in it that relates to the 'adventurer' in all of us.
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