About The Author
Notable Achievements:
•World Record 63 Summits of Unclimbed Peaks in 23 Days, Solo, Tibet (2006)
•Guinness World Record: Fastest Ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro: 5:28:48 (2005)
•Guinness World Record: Fastest Time for Northern Most Marathon (2004)
•First Place: North Pole Marathon (2004)
•Mt. Everest (29,035 ft.): Summit, Solo, and almost completely without bottled oxygen (2003)
•World Record: Jump Rope at Altitude – 26, 181 ft. (2003)
•USA Record Speed Ascent, Aconcagua (22, 841 ft.): Solo, Argentina, Highest Peak in Southern and Western Hemisphere, (2003)
•First in World: 14 Ascents, 2 Solo 1st Ascents – Previously Unmapped and Unexplored Mountain Areas within Arctic Circle in East Greenland (2002)
•Shishapangma (26, 552 ft.): Summit, 13th Highest Mountain in the World, Tibet, No Bottled Oxygen, (2001)
•First in World: 3 1st Ascents, St. Elias Range, Alaska, (2000)