1. North Pole Skydiving Expedition – April 1994
Grahame was part of a world record setting event to reach the Geographic North Pole by freefall parachute jump. The exercise necessitated jumping from the rear doors of an IL76 air transporter from 12,000 feet. The speed of exit was 320 k.p.h. and the temperature (incl. wind chill) was minus 120 degrees Celsius.
2. Cerro Aconcagua Mountaineering Expedition – Jan/Feb 1996
Grahame climbed to the summit of Mount Aconcagua – at 22,834 ft. the highest mountain in the world outside the Himalayan region of central Asia. This was achieved in a season known for its high failure rate. Grahame’s group was involved in the high altitude rescue of a seriously injured high profile Argentinian climber.
3. Mt.Cook Climbing Expedition – December 1996
Just prior to New Year 1997 Grahame was part of a small four-man team to complete an ascent, via the Linda Glacier, of Mount Cook. Once again his group was involved in a rescue exercise, this time to locate the body of a climber who fell from near the summit of neighbouring Mount Tasman.
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4. South Pole Sled Hauling Expedition – Oct 1999 to Jan 2000
Grahame was the only Australian in a 9 man team that successfully completed a 1,150km sled-hauling journey to the Geographic South Pole. They travelled, with no support vehicles and only two re-fuelling drops, from the coast of Antarctica to the Geographic South Pole in 68 days. This was the first ever guided expedition of its kind and gives Grahame the honour (as yet unsubstantiated) of being the first Australian person to expedition to both North and South Poles.
Grahame keeps himself fairly fit, having run more than 35 “sub 3 hour” marathons, logged over 125,000kms in training and on two separate occasions completed a ‘run round the world’!
He has run down & up the sides of the Grand Canyon and also up & down Mount Fuji.
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