Unsupported 850 miles to the South Pole

Trek 1,700 miles alone across the Australian Outback

Sailing Around the World Alone

K2, the “Savage Mountain” East Face Over 10,000 feet of extremely technical climbing.

The Climbers Joel Shalowitz has climbed the highest peaks in the Andes and Cascades. An avid warrior in the fight against cancer, Joel has participated and coached teams for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training and Hike for Discovery programs and remains the only person to have completed every type of event for TNT including 6 marathons, a triathlon, 2 century bike rides, and 5 86/100 mile inline skate races. In 2007, Joel Co-founded Climb For Hope and collaborated in designing the successful expedition of the worlds highest active volcano, Cotopaxi, in raising over $150,000 to support the development of a vaccine to fight breast cancer at Johns Hopkins. When he isn’t teaming up in the outdoors, Joel spends his time operating and advising for-profit and philanthropic start- ups. In 2007, he started Exposure Ventures in partnership with Chris Warner in their mutual goal to help individuals and organizations achieve higher possibilities.

Bicycle Parachuting

Technical Rock Climbing

Single Breath Free Diving -557 Feet

Why do people DO these things?