Ann Bancroft
Ann Bancroft
Ann Bancroftis an American author, teacher, and adventurer. She was the first woman to successfully finish a number of arduous expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted as honorary member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth29 September 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to rappel off the frozen waterfall in our backyard.
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I have an opportunity now with some of the projects I've done, i.e. the North Pole and the South Pole, to speak to a larger audience and talk about things that have nothing to do with physical education or special ed.
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He understands not only with his brain but with his heart. And that might be called love. Not quite sure, but maybe that's the key.
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You have to stay up on it all the time, but it's really fun exploring what we need to get ready. We're constantly learning.
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When I hear his key in the lock at night my heart starts to beat faster. I'm just so happy he's coming home. We have so much fun.
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I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.
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I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.
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I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me.