- 1980: Mount McKinley, Alaska, USA - highest peak in North America
- 1981: Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania - highest peak in Africa
- 1983: Solo Geographic North Pole- failed
- 1984: Magnetic North Pole
- 1992: Geomagnetic North Pole
- 1993: Mount Everest
- 1994: Mount Elbrus, Russia - highest peak in Europe
- 1994: Mount Vinson - highest peak in Antarctica
- 1995: Mount Aconcagua, Argentina - highest peak in South America
- 1995: Carstensz Pyramid, Irian Java - highest peak in Australasia
- 1996: Geographic South Pole
- 1996: Magnetic South Pole
- 1997: Geographic North Pole - failed
- 1998: Geographic North Pole- First person to complete the Explorers' Grand Slam
- 1998: First person to balloon over the Andes
- 2000: First person to fly solo in a balloon to the North Pole
- 2003: First person to walk solo to the Geomagnetic North Pole
- 2003: First person to balloon across the Atlantic in an open wicker basket
- 2004: Breaks airship speed record
- 2004: (March): Breaks world altitude record in Rozier balloon
- 2004: Flies Cessna light aircraft from Cape Columbia to Cape Horn
- 2004: Breaks world altitude record for an airship
- 2004: Breaks world distance record for an airship
- 2004: (Dec): Breaks world altitude record for a Rozier balloon
- 2007: (Jan):Breaks AX-05 world altitude record for a conventional hot-air balloon
- 2007: (July): Flies the smallest gas balloon across the Atlantic
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