At Polar Velocity: Doug Stoup | GP Interview #20
This is the twentieth in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles.
Our friend Doug Stoup is an environmentalist, speaker and humanitarian, and the founder of Ice Axe Expeditions.
Doug is also one of the world’s leading polar explorers. He has numerous firsts to his name and has skied to both the North and South Poles more than anyone on the planet. He continues to push the limits of human endurance while raising funds for charities, collecting scientific data for climate change scientists, and leading disabled adventurers to explore remote corners of our earth.
GP: You live in Tahoe City, in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. What are some of your favorite spots in the Sierras? What’s so special about this mountain range?
DS: The reason I moved to Tahoe is because of the Sierra Nevadas.
The biggest alpine valley in the world lies on the east side of these majestic mountains. They call the Sierra Nevadas the High Sierras, because they contain the highest peak in…
