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Colin Angus (explorer)

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Colin Angus is a Canadian author and adventurer who is best known for claiming to have been the first person to make a self-propelled circumnavigation of the world within the northern hemisphere. However, with his fiancé Julie Wafaei he made the first [[rowboat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from mainland Europe to mainland North America.

Other expeditions Angus has completed include the first descent of the Yenisei River (the world's fifth longest river)and a complete descent of the Amazon River from source to sea.

Colin Angus has written three books: Lost in Mongolia (2003), Amazon Extreme (2004)(co-written by Ian Mulgrew) and Beyond the Horizon (2007) (ghost-written). He has co-produced two films for National Geographic Television.[citation needed] Outside Magazine included Colin Angus in a compilation of 25 people changing the world in its December 2005 issue.[1]

Adventure

Colin Angus began his adventuring lifestyle at nineteen with a five year sailing odyssey in the Pacific Ocean, half of it done with his best friend Dan Audet. In 1999, along with Australian Ben Kozel and South African Scott Borthwick, he was among the first to raft the Amazon river from source to sea. The trio retraced the route of Polish kayaker Piotr Chmieliński's 1986 historic first-ever descent of the Amazon River from source to sea, which used a kayak.

To follow up the rafting of the Amazon, Angus put together a team which would accomplish the same task on the previously untraversed Yenisei river in Asia.

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Map of 2004-2006 Colin Angus circumnavigation of the north pole.

Most recently, Angus claimed to be the first person to circle the world using exclusively human power, biking across land and rowing across water. The expedition was launched with Tim Harvey. However, they had philosophical differences and parted. Harvey continued and eventually circled the planet on a longer route than Angus, including Africa and South America. Angus was joined bicycling in Europe by his fianceé Julie Wafaei, who purchased a rowboat for them to cross the Atlantic. Critics of Angus point out that British adventurer Jason Lewis, was recognized on "Jay Leno"[2] as the first person to circumnavigate the earth by human power. Unlike Angus, Lewis' journey fulfilled the true geometric definition of a circumnavigation of a spherical objecft (such as the Earth roughly is), because he (Lewis) took the extra years to pass through two antipodal points on the globe.

The ship's log on the Russian research vessel Professor Khromov cite a high-seas rescue in support of the expedition.[3] Angus had to fly to Canada for medical treatment during the expedition, but flew back to Russia to continue from the point he had left beforehand.

Recognition

  • Adventurer of the Year Award 2007 from National Geographic Adventure presented to Julie and Colin
  • Four International Books including two National Bestsellers written and Colin
  • Outside Magazine named Colin as one of the Top 25 “bold visionaries with world changing dreams” along with three full-page articles detailing his most recent expedition.
  • Men’s Journal honored Colin and eight others for being part of a new breed of explorers, as well as covering their adventures in other articles
  • Three Documentary Films produced by Angus Adventures, collectively won 11 awards and aired on National Geographic television around the world
  • Globe and Mail Newspaper (Canada’s National Paper) published a 7-part series by Colin, as well as five articles written by their own reporters detailing their recent expedition.
  • CBC Radio conducted 14 interviews from the field for the national program “As it Happens”.
  • Reader's Digest, the world’s number-one selling magazine, published a 5000-word article written by Colin Angus.[4]

Books

  • Lost in Mongolia: Rafting the World's Last Unchallenged River. Anchor Canada: 2003. Paperback: ISBN 978-0-385-66014-3, ISBN 0-385-66014-6.
  • Amazon Extreme: Three Ordinary Guys, One Rubber Raft, and the Most Dangerous River on Earth. Anchor Canada: 2004. Paperback: ISBN 978-0-385-66009-9, ISBN 0-385-66009-X.
  • Beyond the Horizon: The Great Race to Finish the First Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Planet. Doubleday Canada: projected release date 27 March 2007. Hardcover: ISBN 978-0-385-66123-2, ISBN 0-385-66123-1.

References

  1. ^ "2005 All-Stars". Outside Magazine. December 2005.
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTB3M2BPQ44
  3. ^ Angus, Colin (2006-05-20). "Planet Earth Home at Last". Toronto Globe and Mail.
  4. ^ Colin Angus (2007). "Could someone circumnavigate the globe on human power alone?". Reader's Digest. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

See also

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