About Ed
Ed Viesturs is a professional mountaineer from the United States who completed the Endeavor 8000 project in 2005, summiting all of the world's fourteen peaks above 8,000 meters without supplemental oxygen—an achievement that took 18 years and made him the only American and one of only a handful of climbers in history to accomplish this feat. He reached Mount Everest's summit seven times. Viesturs was named Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic in 2005.
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MotivationalAdventurer / ExplorerAuthorArtist / DesignerDecision Making Under PressureHigh Altitude ClimbingLeadershipMountaineeringOvercoming ObstaclesPerseverance
Known for
- summiting all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen
- seven summits of Mount Everest
- 1996 IMAX Everest Expedition
- Endeavor 8000 project
- corporate motivational speaking on leadership and risk management
- authored three mountaineering books
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