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Richard Branson
Virgin Group founder — serial bucket-lister who chases world records
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“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.”
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Cross the Atlantic Ocean in a hot air balloon
AdventureFloat from mainland to mainland across 3,000 miles of open ocean in a balloon.
✓Completed in 1987, setting a Guinness World Record for the fastest Atlantic crossing by balloon.
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Cross the Pacific Ocean in a hot air balloon
AdventureCross 6,700 miles from Japan to Canada at speeds up to 245 mph.
✓Completed in 1991 in 47 hours — another world record.
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Go to space
AdventureLeave Earth's atmosphere and see our planet from the void of space.
✓Flew aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity in July 2021, beating Jeff Bezos to space by nine days.
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Climb Mount Toubkal in the Atlas Mountains
AdventureSummit the highest peak in North Africa outside Marrakech.
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