Richard Pattison

Richard Pattison
Born (1975-06-26) June 26, 1975
Ashington, Northumberland, Great Britain
Occupation mountaineer

Richard Pattison (born in 1975) is a climber from Northumberland in Great Britain, but now resides in Sydney, Australia. He became well known in Northumberland after summitting Everest in 2009, which created front page headlines in the local newspaper "The Journal". The Everest summit also attracted further media attention from BBC Look-North, BBC Radio Newcastle and marketing for the Northumberland County Council. He currently writes a blog on "The Journal" website.

Everest

Richard Pattison climbed Everest on a commercial expedition organised by Summitclimb via the South Col route from Nepal. The team summitted on 19 May 2009.[1] He said of Everest:

Climbing is my passion, I realised my life time dream in the Himalayas when I stood on top of the world. I summitted Everest on 19 May 2009, it had been a long journey, slowly building up experience, skills and the mental toughness required to attempt such a great challenge. My summit day on Everest defines my life, no matter what I do in the future, I will never move beyond or past Everest.[2]

7 Summits

The 7 Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Richard Pattison completed the quest after climbing Everest in 2009, but the most notable was the adventurous new route on Vinson in Antarctica as part of an Australian exploratory expedition to the Dater glacier.[3]

Dates climbed:[4]

Mountain Continent Height Date
Kilimanjaro Africa 5,892m 24 Feb 2000
Aconcagua South America 6,962m 2 Jan 2001
Denali North America 6,194m 29 June 2001
Elbrus Europe 5,642m 14 Aug 2003
Mount Kosciuszko Australia 2,228m 10 Apr 2004
Vinson Massif Antarctica 4,892m 29 Dec 2008[5]
Everest Asia 8,848m 19 May 2009[6]
Carstensz Pyramid Oceania 4,884m 15 Nov 2012[7]

He is the 27th Briton to complete the 7 Summits, and the 6th Australian.[8]

Other notable climbs

Mont Blanc in 2000 - 4,807m
Shishapangma in 2003 - 8,008m[9]
Matterhorn in 2009 - 4,478m[10]
Baruntse in 2009 - 7,120m[11]
Mera Peak in 2009 - 6,560m[12]
Island Peak in 2009 - 6,120m[13]
Pokalde in 2009 - 5,806m[14]
Ama Dablam in 2011 - 6,812m[15]
Lobuche East in 2011 - 6,119m[16]
Parchermo in 2011 - 6,273m[17]
Yalung Ri in 2011 - 5,630m[18]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=17&nid=107#19may
  2. ↑ http://blogs.journallive.co.uk/journalblogcentral/2009/08/welcome-to-my-climbing-blog.html
  3. ↑ http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/dcxp19/
  4. ↑ http://7summits.com/statistics/Pattison
  5. ↑ http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/dcxp19/#34799
  6. ↑ http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=&vid=18&nid=107#19may
  7. ↑ http://www.adventureindonesia.com/carstensz_summiter/2012/nov.html
  8. ↑ http://7summits.com/info/7stats/statistics_all.php
  9. ↑ http://www.project-himalaya.com/gallery-xixa-03-team.html
  10. ↑ http://blogs.journallive.co.uk/journalblogcentral/2009/08/post-3.html
  11. ↑ http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=17&nid=120#30oct
  12. ↑ http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=17&nid=120#21oct
  13. ↑ http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=17&nid=120#4nov
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC93-_nLpGo
  15. ↑ http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&nid=169
  16. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNKKKSNmZW0
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYUQq7gWMWE
  18. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zsKddbQCm8
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