Three Poles Challenge

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The Three Poles is an adventurers challenge to reach all of the North Pole, the South Pole, and Mount Everest.

The South Korean explorer Young-Ho Heo was the first to accomplish this challenge in 1994. Erling Kagge and Susumu Nakamura also completed the challenge in 1994.^[1] Tina Sjögren became the first woman to complete in 2002.^[2]

Adrian Hayes recently set the record by completing the challenge in 19 months, breaking the previous record of 24 months.

[edit] See Also: Other Noteworthy Adventure Prizes

• The Seven Summits
• The Volcanic Seven Summits
• The Seven Second Summits
• The Explorers Grand Slam, also known as The Adventurers Grand Slam
• The Eight-thousanders
• The Peak and pond

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