EverestHistory.com: Tim Macartney-Snape

If there were a King of lightweight style climbing then Australian Tim Macartney-Snape would have a more than reasonable claim to the throne.

Born in Tanzania (Africa) in 1956 to an Australian mother and a British father Macartney-Snape has made numerous ascents of the world's tallest mountains in classic lightweight style without bottled oxygen. In May of 1990 Macartney-Snape became the first person to climb the full height of Everest from base camp to summit without oxygen, sherpa support or fellow climbers. This three-month climb was immortalized in the award winning film "Everest: Sea to Summit".

Macartney-Snape made his first summit in 1984 along with fellow Australian Greg Mortimer in an expedition led by Geoffrey Bartram along the North Face/Norton Couloir. This ascent was done without oxygen and set a new route up the North Face.  Nor have Macartney-Snape's summits been limited to Everest. He has climbed in Australia, Africa and South America, including a a new route on Gasherbrum IV in Pakistan (1986).

Along with "Everest: Sea to Summit" Macartney-Snape has published two others books "Mountain Adventurer", and "Being Outside". He lives about 100 km southwest of Sydney and is an outdoor instructor and biologist with a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University.

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