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Kevin Biggar was a self-confessed couch potato, before he was transformed into a world record beating endurance athlete.
In 2003 the team of Kevin, and Jamie Fitzgerald, took part in a huge test of endurance - the 5,000km trans-Atlantic Rowing race.
Kevin had never rowed before and Jamie only joined the team 6 weeks before the race. They not only won, they set a new world record.
The pair then went on to achieve a much tougher challenge in 2007 – as the first ever kiwi team to complete an unsupported trek from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole – a 52 day, 1,200km journey on foot towing 160kg sleds in temperatures as cold as -40 degrees C.
Kevin has written two book about his exploits, the award winning ‘Oarsome Adventures of a Fat Boy Rower’ and ‘Escape to the Pole’.
He and Jamie also co-hosted TV series ‘First Crossings’ - now ‘Intrepid NZ’ - recreating the adventures of pioneering NZ explorers.
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Kevin is here to entertain us with his adventures, and share with us what he has learned about facing challenges from rowing an ocean and trekking to a pole.
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Please give a warm welcome to Kevin Biggar!
He has a physics degree at Auckland University and a Masters degree in Environment & Development from the University of Cambridge. He has worked as a policy analyst at the Ministry of Commerce and The Treasury, a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and Telecom. He has most recently worked as the CEO of a software startup.
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