Peter Athans
Pete Athans (born March 1, 1957) is one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. He is best known for being one of only three non-sherpa (Dave Hahn and Ed Viesturs being the others) to summit Mount Everest seven times, and has appropriately earned the moniker "Mr. Everest". He first attempted to climb Everest in 1985 via the West Ridge. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful, and further attempts in 1986, 1987 and 1989 were similarly fated. In 1990, on an expedition that included Scott Fischer and Wally Berg, he was at last successful.
Pete Athans is one of several western Himalayan guides who have adopted Nepal as a second home, and who have taken up the cause of the Sherpa people and their culture.
Read more about Peter Athans: Climbing Record, Rescues
Famous quotes containing the word peter:
“When the Day of Judgement dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards—their crowns, their laurels, their names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble—the Almighty will turn to Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when he sees us coming with our books under our arms, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading.””
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)