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    • 2019 Georgia Kayaking
    • 2019 Greenland Trekking
    • 2019 Iceland Ski Mountaineering
    • 2019 London to Athens Cycling
    • 2018 Arctic Sweden Trekking
    • 2018 Crete Trekking
    • 2018 Costa Rica
    • 2018 Iceland
    • 2018 Mediterranean Sailing
    • 2018 Peru
    • 2018 Tour du Mont Blanc
    • 2017 South East Asia Climbing
    • 2017 USA Cycling
    • 2017 Philippines Kayaking
    • 2017 Romanian Carpathians
    • 2017 France and Switzerland Triathlon
    • 2017 Corsica GR20
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    • 2016 Myanmar
    • 2016 France
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    • 2016 Costa Rica
    • 2016 Cycling USA
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    • 2016 Cycle Tour Europe
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    • 2016 Estonia
    • 2016 Meandering the Mekong
    • 2016 Patagonia
    • 2015 Cycling the Silk Road
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    • 2015 Malawi
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    • 2014 Tasmania
    • 2013 Borneo
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    • 2011 Raru Valley, Himalayas
    • 2011 Svalbard
    • 2010 Obra Valley, Himalayas
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    • 2008 Bolivian Altiplano
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    • 2008 Taghia, Morocco
    • 2007 Siberia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan
    • 2007 India and Pakistan
    • 2007 Northern Malawi
    • 2007 Shimshal, Pakistan
    • 2006 Zanskar, Himalayas
    • 2006 Northern Malawi
    • 2005 Indonesia
    • 2005 Shar Kangsum, Tibet
    • 2004 British Columbia
    • 2004 Greenland
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    • 2003 Makalu, Nepal
    • 2003 Paraguay
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    • 2002 Apolobamba, Boliva
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    • 2002 Altai, Siberia
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    • 2001 Tagne, Himalayas
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    • 1961 Arctic Norway
    • 1961 Beerenberg, Jan Mayen Island
    • 1961 Malta
    • 1960 Africa and Americas
    • 1960 Central Iceland
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    • 1960 Spitsbergen
    • 1960 St Kitts
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    • 1959 Jan Mayen Island
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