Melissa Arnot

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Melissa Arnot (born December 18, 1983)[1] is an American mountaineer. She has summitted Mount Everest 5 times, and she is close to becoming the woman with the most Everest summits. The current record holder is Lakpa Sherpa of Makalu village, Nepal, with 6 summits.

Life and career

Arnot was raised just outside Glacier National Park in Whitefish, Montana. After college, she began living out of her car to save money and climb mountains. She first climbed Mount Rainier in 2001 and called it a "watershed moment". She began teaching wilderness medicine in 2002 and began guiding on Mount Rainier with Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. in 2004. By 2006 she was a lead guide.[2]

Since 2001, she has summited Rainier more than 90 times. She also a certified Wilderness EMT and teaches Wilderness EMT courses for Remote Medical International.[3]

In 2008, she joined Jeff Dossett and David Morton on the Everest Team Inspi(RED) to promote HIV/AIDs awareness and Microsoft and Dell products supporting Product Red.[4]

In 2010, she led a celebrity climb up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for clean water access.[5] The effort, Summit on the Summit, included actors Emile Hirsch, Jessica Biel and Isabel Lucas, musicians Kenna, Lupe Fiasco and Santigold, as well as various scientists and activists, and aired as an MTV special.[6]

She is currently sponsored by Eddie Bauer and was one of the original six mountain guides, also including Peter Whittaker, Ed Viesturs, Dave Hahn, Seth Waterfall and Chad Peele, who developed products for the First Ascent brand and continues to participate in product development and testing.[7] She is also sponsored by Whittaker Mountaineering, a retail store based in Ashford, Washington.[8]

Mountain ascents

Arnot’s notable big mountain ascents include:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Melissa Arnot (Facebook Athlete Page)". Retrieved January 8, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Melissa Arnot profile". Whittaker Mountaineering. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Melissa Arnot, WEMT, Instructor". Remote Medical International. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Warnick, Jennifer. "Life After Everest Is a Breeze". Join (RED). Retrieved 14 November 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Melissa Arnot". Summit on the Summit. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Kaufman, Gil. "Kenna, Summit On The Summit Team Reach Top Of Kilimanjaro". MTV. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Guide Built". Eddie Bauer. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  8. ↑ "The Whittaker Mountaineering Guide Team". Retrieved 4 May 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Eddie Bauer First Ascent Guides Hahn and Arnot Set New Everest Records". PRNewswire. Retrieved June 13, 2012. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Melissa Arnot". RMI Guides. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 

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