User:Joeypo/Charles Robert Scott

Charles Robert Scott Endurance adventurer, United Nations Climate Hero, Pioneer in family endurance challenges.

Charles Scott is an endurance sports enthusiast and self-described, “wanna-be adventurer.” He spent 14 years working at Intel Corporation (1997 – 2011) before deciding to focus his energy full-time on writing and speaking about his family’s endurance challenges linked to environmental causes. Scott's endurance sport participation started early with running the Jackson Marathon at age 13 alongside his father. Scott continued this passion while working at Intel, as he juggled work and family commitments to compete in five Ironman triathlons, seven marathons and many multi-sport and adventure races. At age 42, Scott ran 46 miles to complete the difficult Rim to Rim to Rim run across the Grand Canyon and back in one day.

In the summer of 2009, he and his 8-year old son, Sho, became the first father-son pair to ride connected bikes from the northern cape to the southern cape of mainland Japan, covering [2,500 miles in 67 days. Sho is likely the youngest person to ride a bicycle the length of Japan. They were named “Climate Heroes” by the United Nations and received worldwide press coverage, as they raised money for a global tree planting campaign and worked with the UN to encourage action by governments to address climate change. Scott is writing a book about this ride called Rising Son.

As of this writing, he and Sho are in the midst of their next challenge in the summer of 2011: a United Nations-sponsored, 1,500-mile trek through Iceland on connected bicycles with Sho’s 4-year old sister, Saya, joining them in a bike trailer.

Scott explained the rationale behind these activities as an attempt to “inspire families to come up with their own ideas for shared adventures” and “encourage people to protect and preserve our planet’s natural resources.” In a speech at an elementary school, his 10-year old son Sho added, “A kid can accomplish a whole lot more than most adults think!”