Will Gadd
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Will Gadd is a prominent Canadian ice climber
and paraglider pilot. He formerly held the paragliding world distance record, with a flight of 423 km in Zapata
, Texas
.
He is the host of the documentary series Fearless Planet
, working with regional scientists and traveling with them, or by himself, to various locations that are in the individual episode's focus.
Ice climbing
Ice climbing, as the term indicates, is the activity of ascending inclined ice formations. Usually, ice climbing refers to roped and protected climbing of features such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, and cliffs and rock slabs covered with ice refrozen from flows of water. For the purposes of...
and paraglider pilot. He formerly held the paragliding world distance record, with a flight of 423 km in Zapata
Zapata
- People :* Cardinal Antonio Zapata, Lieutenant-General of Naples, 1664–1668* Argiro Zapata , Colombian road cyclist* Cristián Zapata, Colombian football player* Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary* Eufemio Zapata...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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He is the host of the documentary series Fearless Planet
Fearless Planet
Fearless Planet was a program broadcast by The Discovery Channel. It was hosted by Will Gadd. The series was a six-episode documentary, airing weekly on Sundays from November 11 to December 16, 2007, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The program was about the geology of the Earth and how some natural structures...
, working with regional scientists and traveling with them, or by himself, to various locations that are in the individual episode's focus.