Hadas was born in January 1971, in Israel. She has widely travelled across South America, East Asia, and Africa, cycled solo for 2 months in Laos, and has found her ideal way of travel in sea kayaking.

Several years ago Hadas started to work as a white water rafting guide on the Jordan River, a river that on occasion is classed at grade 6. She subsequently turned to the sea and ever since has been involved in the sea kayaking industry, working as a kayak instructor in Optimist Kayak centre. www.optimist.co.il , coaching and guiding in Israel, her home base and leading kayak expeditions abroad.

Hadas is keenly sought after for her photographic skills and has been invited to deliver inspiration/motivational lectures world wide.

Her previous expeditions include:

• 2002 – 300 kilometres solo expedition along the cost of Turkey.Also led kayak trips around the Dodecanese islands in Greece.
• 2003 – 600 kilometre journey along the Kamchatka coastline with Justine Curgenven.
• 2004 – Together with Jeff Allen on a 6 month journey, paddled 6500 Kilometres, circumnavigating the four main islands of Japan.
• 2005 –she paddled 800 kilometres in Alaska. From Whittier to homer.
• 2005 – Paddled 650 kilometres circumnavigating the sub Antarctic Island of South Georgia together with Peter Bray, NigelDennis, Jeff Allen.
• 2007- together with Tomer Sabag kayaked around the Island of New Found Land, a distance of 2200 Kilometres.