Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket -- anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15thbirthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon. The following year he met John Ridgway and started to work as a teacher at Ridgway's school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway's cold--waterexploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures; he decided that this would be his future. In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long--distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his sled up and over the rocky mountains. Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
Was Bill always good at sports?
Was he usually picked last for teams?
What changed him?
how old was he?
where did he start cycling?
with friends?
Did he start exercising with a friend?
when did he run a marathon?
where did he start teaching?
at what kind of school?
what did he become most interested in there?
when did he first go on a North POle trip?
did he see a polar bear?
Was he the oldest person to ski ot the north pole?
the youngest?
how did he get up the mountains?
which British citizen has skied more of the North Pole than him?
no
Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team.
yes
Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team
a mountain bike
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15thbirthday that changed him.
15
 It was a mountain bike he received for his 15thbirthday that changed him
in a nearby fores
 At first he went biking alone in a nearby fores
no
he went biking alone in a nearby forest.
yes
 Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend.
At the age of 18
 At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
in Scotland
The following year he met John Ridgway and started to work as a teacher at Ridgway's school of adventure in Scotland,
adventure
he met John Ridgway and started to work as a teacher at Ridgway's school of adventure in Scotland,
North Pole explorers and adventures
Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures
In 2001
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long--distance expedition towards the North Pole. 
yes
 He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit
no
Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole
yes
Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole,
pulling his sled
 ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his sled up and over the rocky mountains. 
unknown
unknown