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Adventurer Kevin Biggar is an enthusiastic visitor to the Mahurangi area.
The challenges of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean and trekking to the South Pole will be shared when Kevin Biggar visits Matakana on December 6.
Kevin and his rowing partner Jamie Fitzgerald competed in one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges – the trans-Atlantic Rowing race – in 2003. Not only did they win, but they set a new world record.
“Entering the race was a particularly unusual choice for someone who hadn’t rowed before and was prone to sea-sickness,” he says.
The pair teamed up again in 2007 to undertake the first ever unsupported trek from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back.
These days he is more widely known as the host of the television series First Crossings, now Intrepid NZ, recreating historic adventures in NZ. He has also written three books on his adventures.
Kevin has a physics degree from Auckland University and a Masters degree in environment and 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, and most recently worked as the chief executive of a software start-up.
He says he continues to be fascinated with performance, personal transformation and the psychology of teams.
“My next adventure is another TV show. I’ll be carrying on the torch of First Crossings and Intrepid NZ, but it will be more about recreating some awesome Kiwi stories including possibly war stories.”
At Kevin’s talk in Matakana he will share what he has learned from taking on daunting challenges. He will speak at the Matakana Cinemas as a guest of the Lydia Group, which is part of the Warkworth Anglican Parish.
Tickets are $20, available from the cinema or contact Annie Mellor mellorannie@gmail.com
