Gavan Hennigan Adventurer

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Twitter

RT @drrobbell: (Infographic) 6 Mental Toughness Hacks for Injured Athletes https://t.co/MAJTxJFYwB #mentaltoughness https://t.co/adM3IRI7fY
about a week ago
RT @ItsGillen: *yawn* Did we not all grow up in a house with a gender neutral bathroom? Sake. https://t.co/bzgUxTfhaF
about a week ago

Instagram

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!

TB 5 years ago #Splitboarding in Antarctica, trip of a lifetime, really looking forward to breaking out the Split this Winter and getting after some lines #boardn

Skulking in Las Palmas #ideal

First day of many spent in the mountains this winter season!

My life right now...

Italian Job by @sampsonian via @newandlingwood

Last nights sunset and one of my last ones before going back to work and back to the deep dark depths of the Med, been a great week home eating and recovering from a busy July of trails and ended up run/walking 500km and climbing 25,000m in the Mountains @likeys_shop @gutzifoods

Finish photo from the weekend, defo had enough at that stage #ferked #lakeland100 @lakeland_50_100 @montaneofficial @likeys_shop

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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