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Mars One Ventures AG: Record-breaking adventurer Adrian Hayes joins Mars One advisory board

DGAP-News: Mars One Ventures AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous Mars One Ventures AG: Record-breaking adventurer Adrian Hayes joins Mars One advisory board 18.01.2017 / 09:24 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Amersfoort, 18 January 2017 - Mars One is pleased to welcome Adrian Hayes to its advisory board. Hayes is a record-breaking adventurer and former British Army Gurkha officer, who has trekked from the coast to both Poles, summited K2 and crossed the length of Greenland amongst a lifetime of adventures.

"A one-way expedition to Mars is merely a modern-day extension of humankind's intrinsic pioneering need to explore and stretch our boundaries to the farthest reaches of our world and beyond. It has its similarities with the longest expeditions on this planet also, and, aside promoting the project wherever I can, I look forward to sharing some insights on the mental challenges and team dynamics that the candidates will encounter on their ground breaking mission," says Hayes.

Hayes is also an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and professional business coach, delivering speeches, seminars, and programs worldwide, and an ambassador on economic, social & environmental sustainability, speaking, writing and campaigning on many related global issues.

Bas Lansdorp, CEO and co-founder of Mars One says, "We're proud to welcome such an experienced modern day explorer of some of the most extreme and isolated environments on Earth to our advisory board. Participating in many long and arduous expeditions himself, Adrian Hayes understands the mental challenges our future astronauts will be facing and the importance of real teamwork to succeed in their journeys to and life on Mars."

About Adrian Hayes

Adrian Hayes is a British record-breaking polar explorer & adventurer, keynote speaker, business coach, author and campaigner. An Arabic and Nepalese speaking former Airbus Middle East Sales Director, British Army Gurkha Officer and Special Forces soldier, he has achieved more major adventure goals the past ten years than most people in the world - Everest, K2, the North Pole, South Pole, the length of Greenland by kite-ski, the Arabian Desert by camel, two Guinness World Records, two documentaries and one book.