Mike Horne, 53, is an adventurer who has trekked around the world. Here he is on his sailing boat in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam Mike Horne, 53, is an adventurer who has trekked around the world. Here he is on his sailing boat in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam
Mike Horne, 53, is an adventurer who has trekked around the world. Here he is on his sailing boat in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam

Extreme fitness

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Veteran South African explorer on his coming polar expedition and the difference between motivation and discipline

  • Mike Horn has riverboarded the length of the Amazon, walked and sailed around the equator, and trekked from Siberia to the North Pole
  • Ahead of his next polar expedition, he stopped in Hong Kong to help inspire schoolchildren with his tales of adventure

Topic |   Extreme fitness
Bernice Chan
Bernice Chan

Updated: 9:07pm, 31 Dec, 2018

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Mike Horne, 53, is an adventurer who has trekked around the world. Here he is on his sailing boat in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam Mike Horne, 53, is an adventurer who has trekked around the world. Here he is on his sailing boat in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam
Mike Horne, 53, is an adventurer who has trekked around the world. Here he is on his sailing boat in Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Nora Tam
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