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Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow (born 26 February 1962), is founding director of Geo Mission Ltd, 〔http://www.geomission.co.uk〕 an environmental sponsorship organisation, and British polar guide and explorer. He is the first person to trek solo, and without resupply by third parties, from the north coast of Canada to the North Pole.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =North Pole Unassisted Unsupported Expeditions )〕 and is the first Briton to have trekked, without resupply by third parties, to both the Geographical North and South Poles from the respective continental coastlines of North America and Antarctica. ==Early life== Hadow was educated at Temple Grove School, then at Harrow, where he was Deputy Head of School and captain for the School's 1st XV rugby and 1st XI Harrow Football teams. In 1977, while at Harrow, he re-instated the school tradition of Long Ducker, a twenty-mile run from Harrow-on-the-Hill to Marble Arch and back. The feat had not previously been completed since 1927. He attended University College London and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Geography in 1984.〔 ;International Management Group (IMG) Hadow worked at Mark McCormack's Sports Organisation 1985–88, acting as an agent representing the European equestrian interests of IMG. He managed IMG's relationship with the Swedish Equestrian Federation to deliver the funds, through corporate sponsorship, to underwrite the staging costs of the inaugural World Equestrian Games (reference of WEG?) in Stockholm (1990). The Games brought together for the first time the world championship events of the six disciplines under the jurisdiction of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI): dressage; eventing; vaulting; carriage driving; and show jumping. 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「Pen Hadow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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