Gavan Hennigan Adventurer

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about 2 weeks ago
A stellar Monday in Chamonix ski touring a classic line with a great crew https://t.co/XRY9Srgi9X
about 3 weeks ago

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Well I’ve stared at this thing long enough... suppose I better climb it. Tomorrow’s fun shit objective - Winter ascent of the ‘Mallory-Porter’ a formidable North Face here in Chamonix with @picaherry .
1530m ⬆️ AD+ III (2310m 3842m)

‘Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are cathedrals where I practice my religion’ ~ Anatoli Boukreev

I love boot packing, I love snowboarding, I love Chamonix and maybe soon I love these steep as fuck couloirs @picaherry takes me to... great days training today in the back yard playground with the Yoda of the steeps & @mauphaantjens

Full day out with @picaherry absolute legend of steep snowboarding, getting into some classic lines. Started at Helbronner but snow conditions were a little wind affected, then boosted back to the Midi to ski Cosmique Couloir followed by a full run to the valley floor.

‘It’s hard to really explain it. The danger and exhilaration of having so much irresponsibility at your finger tips. The immediate access to everything sinister and everything holy at once. You’re not forced to decide which direction to choose. It understands your weakness and tells you what you need to hear. You either live like a king or everything goes black. Either way there’s not much you can do. Take a dip.’ ~ @davidedemasi thanks @lornecameron for the action shots 🤙

Clear, cold and windy at the L’Aigiulle Midi today, no matter how many times I visit this alpine environment it blows my mind!

Took in a Chamonix ski touring classic today and hitched a ride with a couple of Swedes, An Icelander and an Englishman. Felt great to be back on the skin track, lung busting goodness up over 3000m, crossing glaciers, climbing couloirs and riding natural snowboard terrain back down to the valley floor.

The allure of the Chamonix Valley never gets old, so glad I chose to spend my time off work and will be doing more and more of this over the next couple of months, met some great people already and it was great to hook up with @lukejarmey from @runultra_official.
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I get asked a lot what my next big challenge is, I have no plans for anything other than type 1 fun right now! #boardn

Great day poking about the Vallé Blanche with @lukejarmey 😁

Puking in Chamonix

One last trip on the whirlybird for 2018 #satdiving

It’s good to feel small amongst these mountains... Happy International Mountain Day

Home for the winter!

About Gavan

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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