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Ed Viesturs

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January 01, 1959

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Ed Viesturs is America's leading high altitude mountaineer, having climbed many of the world's most challenging summits, including ascending Mount Everest seven times. He recently completed a 16-year quest to climb all 14 of the world's highest mountains (above 8,000 meters) without the use of supplemental oxygen. In doing so, he became the first American and the 5th person in the world to accomplish this. He reached the summit of his 14th peak, Annapurna, on May 12, 2005.

"When I first attempt a Himalayan peak," Viesturs explains, "I climb without bottled oxygen, even if it keeps me from reaching the summit. My personal goal is to see how I can perform, to experience the mountain as it is without reducing it to my level. For me, how I reac...more


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Average rating: 3.87 · 3,777 ratings · 445 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
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No Boundaries: Spirit of Ad...
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In Vetta Senza Scorciatoie
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“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.”
― Ed Viesturs, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
tags: climbing, hiking, mountaineering, safety
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“I believe that, with anything in life, if you have the patience, desire and passion, you can do whatever you set your mind to.”
― Ed Viesturs
tags: inspirational
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“K2 is not some malevolent being, lurking there above the Baltoro, waiting to get us. It's just there. It's indifferent. It's an inanimate mountain made of rock, ice, and snow. The "savageness" is what we project onto it, as if we blame the peak for our own misadventures on it.”
― Ed Viesturs, K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
tags: climbing, k2, mountaineering
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