James Heddle

A mountaineering background with more than twenty 4,000m peaks climbed across three continents. James' running experience includes finishing the 2005 London Marathon and he has also run several 10ks and half-marathons, fell runs and even duathlons and triathlons. His training for the Antarctic Ice Marathon involved cross country military runs, half-marathons, summiting Mont Blanc, cycling from Paris to London as well as yomping and cycle races on the Surrey Hills and South Downs. The 32-year-old jumped at the opportunity to test himself in a continent so few people get to visit. He and his two HSBC bank colleagues, Fredrik Nerbrand and Neil Standring, raisied funds for HSBC's favoured charity, www.greenhouseschools.org.