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photo by Jeff Rotman
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Spearfishing
In 1955, when he was fifteen-years-old, Bing speared a fifty-pound Striped Bass that stood as the world record for several years. He has passed on the underwater hunting gene to his sons, Patrick and Owen, and together they embark on yearly ocean adventures where their salient competition is not each other but rather ravenous sharks.
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Owen approaching Camp 3 at 26,000 feet
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Mount Everest: The North Face
In 2001, Owen attempted to summit Mount Everest from the technical and treacherous North Side. By the time Owen had staggered down from the narrow northeast summit ridge after turning aound at 28,000' because of sickness, two men were dead, a man had snowboarded from the summit, and two of his own teammates were stranded for the night just below the summit.
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Owen with Playmates Jenny LaVoie,
Kalin Olsen, and Danelle Folta
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The Eco Challenge
The Eco Challenge is the ultimate adventure. It's the world's toughest expedition race, taking its racers to the very edges of their emotional and physical limits--then shoving them past. Co-ed teams of four navigate their way on a brutal 350-mile course by mountain biking, jungle trekking, caving, whitewater canoeing, sea kayaking, mountaineering, climbing, rafting, and hiking, stopping only when their bodies can take no more punishment. Owen has represented the United States six times in the race and has finished as high as 2nd. Recently, he was the 'token male' on Team Playboy X-Treme during the hardest race yet.
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