About Erden Eruç
Having studied in Turkey and the USA, and worked in the USA as a Technical Specialist till the age of 41, Erden is a voyager at heart who aims to complete a human powered circumnavigation of the globe. Involved in many different types of sports since childhood, Erden is also the first Turkish sportsman to successfully complete high wall rock climbing.

Erden established the Around-n-Over organization in 2003 to educate and inspire children, based on his Six Summits journeys. Having completed the first and probably the most difficult phase of his journey across the Pacific successfully, Eruç slipped anchor from Bodega Bay port on Wednesday, July 11, at 04.30pm, Turkey local time for his next big rowing adventure across the Pacific.

Six Summits Project
Erden Eruç is "rowing" his way to success in his human powered circumnavigation around the globe. During his Six Summits project, which is due to be completed in 2012, Erden will cycle across land, climb the highest summits on six different continents, and row his way across vast oceans. In the course of these journeys, Erden will raise funds for the non-profit organization Around-n-Over, aiming to inspire children through lessons learned from human powered adventures.

During the Six Summits project that will be completed in 6 years, Around-n-Over will provide news about the project, keep the readers updated and display a brave man's struggle with the nature, only using raw human power. This way, Erden will be able to share his views and experiences especially with the children and fulfill Around-n-Over's mission to teach through lessons learned from human powered adventures. Erden also aims to help educate the children in Turkey with the cooperation of ILKYAR Foundation.

Six Summits Program

2007
July: Slipping anchor from San Francisco to begin the Pacific journey
2008
January: Completing the Pacific journey and reaching Australia
Cycling towards Australia's summit Mount Kosciuzko and climbing; the second stage of the Six Summits
project
2009
April: Rowing out to the Indian Ocean from the Geraldton port, west coast of Australia
Reaching the Indian shores and cycling towards Nepal
Autumn: Climbing Mount Everest, the summit of Asia
2010
Crossing Pakistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, and reaching and climbing Mount Elbrus at the Georgian-Russian border
Crossing Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Kenya to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa
2011
Cycling from Tanzania to Namibia and crossing the Atlantic Ocean to reach Brazil
Climbing Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the summit of South America
2012
Estimated return home to Seattle in the beginning of 2012