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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 to climb 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.
After surviving a terrifying avalanche, Ed Viesturs is the first American to summit all 14 of the world's highest mountains without supplemental oxygen. Sub...
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...
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.
Nov 27, 2007 · The book covers in detail Ed Viesturs' career as a mountaineer, how he prepared for his expeditions and his philosophy about how he managed the inherent risks. Viesturs was born in 1959 and now lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington with his wife of 13 years, Paula, and their children.
Jun 17, 2005 · SEATTLE – As he hit the peak of his career as perhaps America’s most accomplished mountain climber, Ed Viesturs decided to retire.When he reached the summit of 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal on...
Mar 6, 2012 · On May 12, 2005, high-altitude mountaineer Ed Viesturs reached the summit of Annapurna, a peak in the Nepali Himalaya that is, in terms of summit-to-kill ratio, the deadliest mountain in the...
