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Erden Eruç, born , is a Turkish adventurer who became the first person in history to complete an entirely ''solo'' and entirely human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth on 21 July 2012 in Bodega Bay, California, United States.〔 The journey had started from Bodega Bay a little more than five years earlier on 10 July 2007.〔 The modes of transport included a rowboat to cross the oceans, a sea kayak for shorelines, a bicycle on the roads and hiking on trails, along with canoes for a few river crossings.〔 The route he followed was long, crossed the equator twice and all lines of longitude, and passed over twelve pairs of antipodal points, meeting all the requirements for a true circumnavigation of the globe.〔〔 The human-powered circumnavigation plan had been expanded to include summitting the tallest mountains on six continents as a tribute to his friend and fellow adventurer Göran Kropp.〔〔 Eruç named the expedition the ''Six Summits Project'', which is sometimes referred to as the ''Six Summits Expedition''.〔 So far he has summitted three of the peaks including Mount McKinley (also known as Denali) in North America on 29 May 2003 more than four years before he began his solo circumnavigation, then Mount Kosciuszko in Australia and Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa during the circumnavigation. Eruç still plans to climb the remaining three mountains on future journeys: Mount Everest in Asia, Mount Elbrus in Europe and Aconcagua in South America. By the end of his circumnavigation, Eruç had set several ocean rowing world records including the first person to row three oceans,〔〔 the most continuous (non-stop) days at sea by a solo ocean rower - 312 days on the Pacific Ocean,〔 the first rower to cross the Indian Ocean from Australia to mainland Africa (in two segments), the first rower to cross any ocean from the southern to the northern hemisphere and the longest distance rowed across the Atlantic Ocean at ,〔 as well as the most experienced ''living'' ocean rower with 876 days at sea and 28,581 career nautical miles.〔 A documentary film called ''Castaway With Purpose'' is in production as of 2014 that will feature Eruç's circumnavigation.〔 ==Early life== Eruç was born in Nicosia, Cyprus〔 in 1961〔 and raised in Turkey.〔 He has been an avid outdoorsman from an early age. When he was 11, his father took him for a climbing trip to Mount Erciyes, an extinct stratovolcano in south central Turkey and the highest mountain in central Anatolia with a summit at .〔 During his higher education years, Eruç studied mechanical engineering at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul where he earned both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree. In 1986, he moved to the United States where he continued his studies in engineering and business administration, earning a second Master of Science degree in Engineering Mechanics at Ohio State University and an MBA degree at George Mason University.〔 When his schooling was complete, Eruç worked in various technical consulting projects in the U.S. for nine years, advancing into project management. At the age of 41 he left the corporate office world, allowing him all the time he needed to pursue a dream of far-flung outdoor adventures. His new occupation was educating and inspiring others, especially children, through the pursuit of entirely human-powered travels around the world.〔 During his journey to Alaska to climb Mount McKinley, Eruç took some time out and married Nancy Board in June 2003.〔 Board is an American businesswoman, an outdoor enthusiast and the acting Vice President of the ''Around-n-Over'' nonprofit organization.〔 The couple met a few years earlier while both were consultants at a United States Postal Service project in Chicago. Though they are from different religious backgrounds, Eruç being a Muslim and Board being a Catholic, they were married in a native Alaskan Haida-Tsimshian ceremony on a Homer, Alaska beach.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erden Eruç」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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