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Sri Lanka’s Marathon Man-by Alexander Grantham Source:Dailynews Varsity Magazine sits down with Judge Business School student Hassan Esufally, the first Sri Lankan in history to run a marathon in every single continent. When the moderator at the Cambridge Union’s talk with Bear Grylls opened up questions to the floor, the hand that shot up first was that of Hassan Esufally, a Masters student at the Judge Business School in Cambridge. Esufally wanted to ask his childhood hero how he could follow in Bear’s footsteps and make a financially sustainable career out of being a professional adventurer. It is an understandable question; after all, who has not felt inspired to get off the sofa and climb a tree, swim in a river, or chow down on a maggot after binge-watching a few episodes of Man vs. Wild or The Island? Unlike most armchair adventurers, however, Hassan’s dream of emulating Grylls and ...