Meet the real "Solo man", extreme adventurer and aspiring documentary maker John Cantor.
Mr Cantor's latest challenge is an attempt to become the first Australian to cross the forbidding, grizzly bear-inhabited Brooks Range in northern Alaska.
He hopes it will be a case of "four times lucky" after his first three efforts ended in failure.
And this time, he looks set to pull off the epic, 1600km solo trek.
Mr Cantor, who gave strict instructions to his parents Chris and Becky not to inform the media until he passed the halfway mark, is now two-thirds of the way through his mission.
The 27-year-old Sunshine Coast surfer hopes to cross the forbidding range from the Canadian border to Alaska's west coast.
The brother of television presenter Liz Cantor, he recently completed a masters in film and television at the University of Technology in Sydney.
Read the full article on news.com.au.
Update: Queensland man John Cantor crosses Brooks Range between Canada and Alaska, Herald Sun, 17 July 2012.
View John's personal photos of his trip (opens an external site).
