Books by David Hempleman-Adams

David Hempleman-Adams was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1956. His interest in adventuring was inspired by the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, of which he is a gold medalist. In 1998 he became the first person to complete the explorers' Grand Slam, a challenge that has seen him conquer the North and South Geographical and Magnetic Poles and scale the highest mountain in each of the seven continents, including Everest. A businessman by profession but an adventurer by preference, he lives near Bath with his wife and three daughters. Robert Uhlig, who wrote At the Mercy of the Winds with David Hempleman-Adams, is the Technology Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in London. In 1998 he accompanied David Hempleman-Adams and Rune Gjeldnes to the Canadian High Arctic to document their trek to the North Pole in Walking on Thin Ice. He is also the author of The Daily Telegraph James Dyson's History of Inventions. He lives in Cornwall with his partner and young son.