어제노르웨이의탐험가엘링카게(EringKage)가쓴세상은생각만큼어렵지않다.라는책을읽었다.그가한말중에‘모든것이가능하다.그것이불가능하다고증명되기전까지는!이라고하는말에공감과존경과부러움이함께했다.그는전세계에서최초로걸어서남극점에도달했으며북극점,에베레스트까지정복하여해트트릭을달성한최초의탐험가이다.
우리가흔히하는말중에이건절대안될거야,넌절대못할거야,그건불가능해하는말을자주듣는다.그러나이말들은우리보다훨씬이전에도그랬다.그러나긍정적인마인드를갖인사람은불가능하다는것이증명되기전에는가능하다믿는다.
나도그러고싶다.그것은도전하려는이유이기도하고또한그것에서즐거움을느끼기도한다.앞서간유명한사람들의글을읽으면많은것을배우게된다.독서를게을리할수없는이유이기도하다.
타임지에얼링카게같은탐험가들은모험의한계를밀어내고있다며소개된coverstory사진
ErlingKagge(bornJanuary15,1963)isaNorwegianexplorer/adventurer,lawyer,artcollectorandpublisher.
Biography
KaggeisamongNorway’smostacclaimedpolarexplorers.Heisthefirstpersontoaccomplishthe"threepolechallenge"ofreachingtheNorthPole,theSouthPoleandthesummitofMountEverest.KaggewasalsothefirsttowalktotheSouthPolealone.
In1990,ErlingKaggeandBorgeOuslandbecamethefirstmenevertoreachtheNorthPoleunsupported.TheexpeditionstartedfromEllesmereIslandonMarch8,1990andreachedtheNorthPole58dayslateronMay4,1990.Theytraveledapproximately800kilometersonskispullingtheirsuppliesonasledge.
Lessthanthreeyearslater,in1992–93,KaggecompletedthefirstunsupportedexpeditiontotheSouthPole,coveringthe814-mile(1310km)routein52days.Kaggehadnoradiocontacttotheoutsideworldforthedurationofhisexpedition.HiswasfeaturedontheinternationaleditionofTIMEmagazineonMarch1,1993.
In1994,KaggesummitedMountEverest,thusbecomingthefirstpersontocompletethe"ThreePolesChallenge".
Afterhisrecord-breakingfeatofreachingthe"threepoles",KaggeattendedCambridgeUniversitytoreadphilosophyforthreeterms.In1996,hefoundedOslo-basedpublishinghouse,KaggeForlag,whichquicklygrewtobecomeoneofNorway’smostprofitablepublishingcompanies.In2000KaggeForlagacquiredoneofNorway’soldestpublishingcompanies,J.M.StenersensForlag.Kaggehimselfhaswrittenfivebookswhichhavesoldmorethan100,000copies.
Inadditiontorunninghispublishingbusiness,KaggecollectsinternationalcontemporaryartandRussianicons.HeservesontheboardoftheAstrupFearnleyMuseumforModernArt.Adventureandexplorationremainintrinsictohisnature,Kaggecontinuestodomajorexpeditions,althoughwithalowerprofilethaninthenineties.
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