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World
Summit's Everest North Ridge Expedition: The
Team
The
Team:
Ian
Roberts: Leader - At the age of 35, Ian has
the experience of climbing in more countries than
we care to recall, he set up home in the
Himalaya for a number of years with a
mountaineering company based in Kathmandu
where he has amassed a huge amount of high
altitude experience. He has leading experience
on more than 25 Himalayan peaks, the Americas,
Alpine, and Africa inc: Mount Robson, Ama
Dablam, Stok Kangri, Gondagorro Peak.
Neil
Hornett. Neil is a British
Mountaineer who for the last 10 years has been
involved in adventure sports. Since 1997 he
has been involved in cycle racing at a
National Level. He is currently working as a
mountain instructor for the Outward Bound
Trust. Over recent years he has developed his
mountaineering in places such as the Caucasus,
Africa, Southern Alps and the European Alps as
well as climbing in Scotland most weekends.
The highest point that Neil has reached is
c6000m.
John
Hudson. John started climbing in 1960. He
has climbed extensively in the Alps including
the Brenva Spur on Mt Blanc. He has climbed in
Peru, Andes, Karakoram, Greenland, Kenya,
Caucasus, Tien Shan and the Himalayas. He
attempted Cho Oyu recently but due to illness
failed to reach the summit. John works for the
British Geographical Survey and, at 55, is the oldest
member of the team.
Tim
Boelter, 35, a filmmaker from St. Paul,
Minnesota, USA. Tim began climbing in the mid
1980s while living in Korea. He has climbed
extensively in the Untied States, including
Colorado and the Cascades. In his quest to
climb the Seven Summits, Tim has also
completed successful ascents of Mt. McKinley,
Kilimanjaro, and Aconcagua. In the fall of
2000, Tim reached the true 8201-meter summit
of Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the
world. To his filmmaking credit, Tim's first
feature-length informational documentary,
"Aconcagua: The Roof of the
Americas" has won five non-broadcast
awards, including two Tellies.
Mike
Chrisp, 48, a Dentist from Maidstone in
Kent, England has been climbing since his
teens. He has climbed extensively in Britain
including Welsh and Scottish winters. He has
also climbed in the French and Swiss Alps, the Dolomites,
and the Pyrenees with ascents of the Eiger,
Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and numerous other
peaks to his credit. He has also climbed in
the Himalayas and has reached 6450 meters on
Mera Peak.
Phil
Austin, 35, an Osteopath from Maidstone in
Kent, England was an army physical training
instructor. He started climbing over 12 years
ago and has climbed in New Zealand, the French
Alps, Alaska, summiting Mount McKinley at 6194
meters. He has also climbed various trekking
peaks in Ladakh and Nepal. He reached 6500
meters on Pumori in the Nepal Himalayas
before bad weather forced the expedition to be
abandoned.
Walter
Keller, 32, a Physicist/Engineer from
Bethel, Pennsylvania, USA. He has climbed
extensively throughout the United States also
Tibet, Pakistan and South America. He started
his Himalayan climbing career on Mera Peak
6450 meters in Nepal and has put up new routes
on Nico Peak (5800m), Pakistan and Muztagh Ata
(7546m), China. He made the first American and
second ever ascent of a new route on Kutskulin
Peak (6060m), Pakistan. He reached 7000 meters
on Cho Oyu and 6500 meters on Pumori before
abandoning the climb due to poor weather
conditions. He
also has ascents of Aconcagua (6995 meters)
and a solo ascent Cerro Ameghino (6000 meters)
in Argentina.
