On January 7, 2009 Kevin Vallely, Ray Zahab and Richard Weber broke the world record for an unsupported trek from Hercules Inlet to the Geographic South Pole, a distance of over 1,100km. The team updated the interactive southpolequest.com website daily, adding photos and answering questions from students all over North America. Thousands of students followed the expedition as it unfolded live. see media

"These days, a prêt-a-porter adventure can be had by any weekend warrior willing to sign a visa slip and a liability waver. But Kevin Vallely’s tests of endurance are of an entirely different scale. Part of a new breed of multi-sport adventure athlete, the 38-year-old Montreal native, Cambridge-educated...former road cyclist got turned on to the wild life when he relocated to Vancouver."

The Globe and Mail

Juggling his time as explorer, residential designer and father, Kevin was named among Canada's leading adventurers by the Globe and Mail. Be it climbing active volcanoes in Java or cycling through the frozen barrens of the Alaskan wilderness, Kevin travels the world in search of compelling outdoor challenges.