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Gavan Hennigan from Galway Ireland is an extreme environment athlete who has travelled to the Arctic, Antarctic, Svalbard, Alaska and many more places, ultra running, snowboarding, splitboarding, surfing, mountaineering and ccean rowing. He works as a commercial diver on the oil rigs of the world and has completed 2 of the longest and toughest Ultra Marathons - the Likeys 6633 Ultra - a 350 mile non stop race - and the Yukon Arctic Ultra - a 300 mile winter race. He has climbed high altitude peaks in Nepal and dived to depths over 200m. He has climbed and snowboarded peaks on the Antarctic Peninsula and Svalbard in the Arctic. He plans to row the Atlantic solo in 2016. gavan, hennigan, adventure, adventurer, extreme, athlete, ultra marathon, irish, ireland, rowing, ocean rowing, extreme environment athlete, splitboard, splitboarding, endurance, ultra endurance, sleep deprivation, arctic, antarctic, british columbia, svalbard, likeys 6633, yukon arctic ultra, talisker whisky, atlantic challenge, row the atlantic, solo atlantic row, blog, adventures, gavin, alps, nepal, himalaya, siberia, russia, lake baikal, triathlon, galway, galway bay, boat, ocean rowing boat, snowboarding, surfing, adventure racing, alaska, canada, commercial diver, diver, ultra running, mountaineering, solo, unsupported, self sufficient

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