Will Gadd

Will Gadd born March 8 1967 is a prominent Canadian ice climber mixed climber and paraglider pilot He formerly held the paragliding world distance record with a flight of 423 km in Zapata Texas He is the host of the documentary series Fearless Planet working with regional scientists and traveling with them or by himself to various locations that are in the individual episodes focus He is the son of Ben Gadd awardwinning Jasper Alberta guide writer and naturalist expert on the natural history of the Canadian Rockies who wrote the bestselling Handbook of the Canadian Rockies