Gavin Melgaard

Gavin is very keen on the outdoors and activities such as mountain biking, kayaking, adventure racing, canyoning and hiking keep him off the streets of Sydney in his spare time. Despite being aged only in his thirties, he has travelled to over sixty-five countries, visiting each continent several times. Although brand new to marathon running, with the Antarctic Ice Marathon being his first one, he has spent thirty-two days hiking solo in the Himalayas in the Mt Everest region, conducted a 300 km 'walk' along the coastal path of Wales and survived a very scary encounter with armed rebels while trekking in the jungles of Columbia. It was Gavin's third season at Patriot Hills, where he works for Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions from November through January.