Galen Rowell - Climbing and Adventuring Accomplishments

Climbing and Adventuring Accomplishments

  • More than 100 first ascents of technical climbs in the Sierra Nevada
  • First one-day ascent of Denali (on which his camera froze)
  • First ski circumnavigation of Denali
  • First one-day ascent of Kilimanjaro
  • First ascent of Great Trango Tower in Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya
  • Second ascent of the Amne Machin peak in 1981 with Harold Knutsen and Kim Schmitz, reporting its true altitude at 20,610 feet.
  • First ascent of Cholatse, the final major peak climbed in the Everest region
  • First ascents of numerous lesser-known but challenging peaks around the world, including the Andes, Alaska, Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya, Tibet, Nepal, China, Greenland, etc.
  • Oldest person to climb Yosemite's El Capitan in one day at age 57

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