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Edmund Viesturs (born June 22, 1959) is an American high-altitude mountaineer, corporate speaker, and well known author in the mountain climbing community. He was the first American climber to ascend all 14 of the eight-thousander mountains, and the 5th person to do so without supplemental oxygen. [1]
Ed Viesturs has successfully reached the summits of all of the world’s fourteen 8000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen, an 18 year project he christened Endeavor 8000. His goal was completed on May 12, 2005 with his ascent of Annapurna one of the world’s most treacherous peaks.
Ed Viesturs is widely regarded as America's foremost high-altitude mountaineer. He is familiar to many from the 1996 IMAX Everest Expedition documentary. In 1992 he received the American Alpine Club Sowles Award for his participation in two rescues on K2.
May 11, 2011 · Ed Viesturs, an RMI guide, has climbed Mt. Everest 7 times and all 14 of the world's highest mountains with elevations over 8,000 meters without supplemental oxygen.
Mar 3, 2013 · America's preeminent high-altitude mountaineer dissects the decisions made during 1996—then the deadliest season in Everest's history. Adapted from No Shortcuts to the Top, by Ed Viesturs with...
May 12, 2021 · Ed Viesturs believes he knows. He is one of the 44, the only American on the list. In 1993, climbing alone and without supplemental oxygen or ropes, Viesturs reached the “central summit” of...
Sep 28, 2023 · Guinness World Records has stripped Reinhold Messner of his title of first up all 14 8,000-meter peaks sans oxygen, and given it to Ed Viesturs. Ed says it’s nonsense.
