April 2025 – After 28 days, Ray and teammate Kevin Vallely successfully complete their 500km ski expedition from Eureka to Grise Fiord, across Ellesmere Island, Nunavut!
Death Valley North to Badwater 2024
July 2024- Ray successfully crosses Death Valley national Park , completely of road, 170km from furthest point north to Badwater Basin, in 53hrs 35min 21sec, with limited, supported resupplies. Intense heat, difficult terrain and navigational challenges made for an intense adventure!
Paalik Valley Expedition 2023
In February 2023, between Ray’s chemotherapy treatments, Ray and teammates Val Gagne and Kevin Vallely completed a winter crossing of Baffin Island through the Paalik Valley.
Death Valley West to East Expedition 2022
In July 2022, Ray Zahab and Stefano Gregoretti successfully completed a West to East crossing of Death Valley NP at its widest point in summer. They collected ongoing weather data as they made their transect for use in a future impossible2Possible Youth Education program. They planned for 48 hours but completed the transect in 34 hours, with resupplies 20-30km apart …
Arctic Solo Expedition 2020
Exhausted but STOKED! Arrived in Pangnirtung Fjord last eve, after crossing Baffin Island, 5 long, cold winter days after leaving the island of Qikiqtarjuaq, dragging all of my gear and supplies with me! This is my 9th crossing of Baffin Island, but the first time I left from Qikiqtarjuaq on foot. It’s been a longtime goal of mine to do …
Death Valley Transect 2019
Will Laughlin and I completed our summer, west to east transect of Death Valley, in roughly 35hrs, passing over two steep mountain ranges (Panamint Range 8,000ft, Amargosa Range 5,000ft) navigating through dense (and at points seemingly impossible!) brush, across salt flats, rocky washes and 4×4 track. Near misses with a second earthquake and rockfall, rattlesnake encounter, and intense heat!!! DEATH …
Trans Kamchatka Expedition 2019!
February 2018, Adventurers Ray Zahab (CAN) and Stefano Gregoretti (ITA) will attempt to traverse the Kamchatka Peninsula, in far east Russia, from coast to coast, on foot. The team will be unsupported, relying fully on the gear and equipment they bring with them to make the crossing, and anticipate that the expedition will take 25-30 days! Schools will be able …
Trans Namibia Expedition 2018
In summer (January-February 2018), Adventurers Ray Zahab (CAN) and Stefano Gregoretti (ITA) ran the length of Namibia, crossing the Namib Desert for approximately 1,800km, heading north from the South African border towards the Angolan border. The Trans Namibia Expedition was a mix of minimally supported and unsupported sections where Stefano and Ray relied on the gear and equipment that they …
Arctic Extreme Expedition 2017 – Relive the Journey!
Starting February 1st 2017, Ray Zahab (CAN) and Stefano Gregoretti (ITA) embarked on an ambitious expedition to three separate regions of the Canadian North. The goal was to traverse each of these three diverse regions under human power, each requiring a different set of skills and training! The journey would take them close to 1,000km across the frozen north, where …
Arctic2Atacama.com Relive the Journey!
In February 2016, Ray Zahab (CAN), Jen Segger (CAN) and Stefano Gregoretti (Italy) set out on a unique and challenging expedition that spanned 100 degrees celsius on the thermometer. The team journeyed from -50°C (-58F) to +50°C (120F) over 1,500km, on mountain bikes and foot, crossing both Baffin Island in Canadian winter, and the Atacama Desert in Chilean summer. » …