Mike Horn

Mike Horn is a world-renowned explorer, TV personality and coach and has been described as Frances Bear Grylls. He was born in South Africa in 1966 and after serving as a recce in the South African Special Forces, he relocated to Switzerland. In 1991, he embarked on his first adventure, exploring the Peruvian Andes, rafting and paragliding. In 2015, he lost his wife, Cathy, to cancer: this event inspired him to realise his childhood dream of crossing the Antarctic unassisted. He and his daughters live in Switzerland.