David Hempleman-Adams

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Sir David Hempleman-Adams KCVO OBE KStJ DL
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]