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GIANT SIZEd ATHLETIC SPIRIT - SUPER HUMAN PERFORMANCE - HONOuRARY RIDGE MONSTERS
RIDGE MONSTER™ LEGENDS
HONOURARY RIDGE MONSTERS ARE THOSE ACROSS GREAT BRITAIN WHO HAVE OFFERED THIER SERVICES TO COURAGE, SHOWN INCREDIBLE RESILIENCE, DEFIANCE, PURE PERFORMANCE , PUSHED BOUNDARIES OF ELITE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. SPIRIT & ENDURANCE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND WITHIN THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE & SPORTING ARENA ON PLANET EARTH.
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‘Eddie The Eagle’ Michael Eddie Edwards Eddie's sporting achievements, services to ski jumping at Winter Olympics Calgary 1988 and to Great British Ski Jumping. English ski-jumper who at Calgary 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Eddies Great British record 73.5m ski jump!!! Eddie inspired a generation of ski jumpers.
Brian Blessed Explorer, expeditions, climber. Brian is the oldest man in the world to reach 28,500ft without oxygen. Brian is also the oldest man to reach the magnetic North pole on foot. He is yet to reach Mars, Venus or Saturn. Brian is an inspiration.
Steve McClure. One of worlds best rock climbers. 9a+ routes.
Lucinda Whittaker former British Climbing Champion, redpointed ‘Austrian Oak’ Grade F8.
Tracy Moseley former DownHill Worldcup & British Champion
Angela Mudge elite mountain runner, former Scottish, British, European & World Champion skyrunner
Jesse Dufton is one of the most incredible climbers in the world - ranked 4th
Eric LeMarque former professional hockey player finds himself stranded on a mountain when snowboarding during a fierce snowstorm. Miracle on the mountain is a true story of remarkable mountain survival and recovery. Inspiring others with his mountain recovery.
Winter Olympics 2018 TEAM GB Medalists
Dom Parsons, skeleton bronze
Izzy Atkin, slopestyle bronze
Lizzy Yarnold, skeleton gold
Laura Deas, skeleton bronze
Billy Morgan, Big Air bronze
RIO RIDGE MONSTERS - TEAM GB
MEDALS
GOLD 27 SILVER 23 BRONZE 17 TOTAL 67
ADVENTURERS
MARK POLLOCK Northern Irish adventurer, athlete, rower
2010 June: Round Ireland Yacht Race. Part of a two-man team competing aboard the Team Daft.com yacht during the 1,400-mile ocean race
2010 Feb: Snowboarding Switzerland
Learning to trust guides in a whole new way
2010 Jan: Land Sailing, Argentina
High speed, close-to-the-ground yachting
2009 Oct: Dublin Marathon
26.2 tough miles on familiar territory
2008 Dec - 2009 Feb: South Pole Race
Mark became the first blind man to race to the South Pole
2007 April: Dead Sea Ultra (lowest marathon in world)
2007 May: Everest Marathon (highest in world)
Two extreme running events in extreme situations
2006: Irish Sea Kayak Challenge
From Ireland to Wales in a two-man kayak
2006 July: Ironman Switzerland, Zurich
The ultimate one-day endurance race, the great triathlon
2005 & 2006 February: Coast to Coast Race, New Zealand
Both attempts at this race ended in failure for Mark, a major hurdle
2004 September: Liffey Descent
Back in Dublin for a coldwater classic
2004 April: North Pole Marathon
Mark’s first encounter with icy adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes
2003 September: Gobi March, The Race of No Return
Six marathons in seven days across China’s Gobi desert
2002 Aug: Commonwealth Games Rowing
Mark won two medals, bronze and silver, at the Commonwealth Games
SPORTS
LUCY SHUKER British wheelchair tennis player who is the highest ranking woman in the sport in Britain and winner of both singles
With a career best Singles Ranking of World No. #5 and World No. #3 in Doubles, Lucy is a London 2012 Paralympic Bronze Medalist, three times Wimbledon Finalist and National Champion amongst a number of other National and International successes;
Career Highlights
• Paralympic Bronze Medalist, London 2012
• World Team Cup Silver Medalist, 2013
• Australian Open Finalist, 2013 & 2010
• Wimbledon Finalist, 2012, 2010, 2009
• National Champion, 2013, 2009, 2006
• British Disability Player of the Year, 2012 & 2010
• Vitalise Women of Achievement Award, 2011
• ITF Wheelchair Tennis Player Choice Award, 2007
Richard Whitehead MBE(born 19 July 1976) is a GB athlete. He runs with prosthetic legs as he has a double through-knee congenital amputation. He holds the world record for athletes with a double amputation, in both the full and half marathon. At the Chicago 2010, he broke his previous world record for athletes with lower-limb amputations, with a time of 2:42:52.
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