Committed to the Core
Charlie Wittmack
Tuesday, 08 Apr 2014 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Charlie Wittmack is an Iowan who has twice summited Mount Everest and is the only person in history to complete the World Triathlon. He is an explorer and adventurer, who trained and prepared for the expedition for more than fifteen years. Formerly an attorney, Wittmack is now executive director of Above & Beyond Cancer, a Des Moines-based organization headed by oncologist Richard Deming. He leads cancer survivors and others on life-changing adventures around the world. VEISHEA 2014The World Tri crosses 13 countries in 11 months, beginning with a 275-mile swim down the River Thames in England to the icy North Atlantic Sea and across the English Channel. Then onto a 9000-mile bicycle ride across Europe and Asia, over many of the world's most rugged and remote mountain ranges, and across hundreds of miles of barren sand desert, before climbing over the Himalaya to the Indian Ocean and Calcutta. The triathlon concludes with a super-ultra 950-mile run from sea level at the Bay of Bengal, up into the Himalaya, to the top of the world and the summit of Mount Everest.
Cosponsored By:
- Mountaineering and Climbing Club
- National Affairs
- VEISHEA
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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