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Ranking in 7summits list, either CP or K | : | 120 |
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Ranking in Carstensz Pyramid list | : | 80 |
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Ranking in Kosciuszko list | : | 0 |
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First name | : | Sean |
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Family name | : | Wisedale |
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Gender | : | male |
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Country of origin | : | South Africa |
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Date of Birth | : | 1966-04-02 |
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Name of first summit | : | Vinson |
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Date of climbing the first summit | : | 1999-01-05 |
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Name of final summit in Carstensz list | : | Kilimanjaro |
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Date of final summit in Carstensz list | : | 2004-02-19 |
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Name of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | xxx |
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Date of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Date of climbing Kilimanjaro | : | 2004-02-19 |
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Date of climbing Elbrus | : | 2003-08-27 |
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Date of climbing Aconcagua | : | 2002-01-23 |
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Date of climbing Denali | : | 2002-05-28 |
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Date of climbing Vinson | : | 1999-01-05 |
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Date of climbing Everest | : | 2003-05-30 |
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Date of climbing Carstensz Pyramid | : | 2003-10-25 |
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Date of climbing Kosciuszko | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Climbed Carstensz Pyramid? | : | Yes |
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Climbed Kosciuszko? | : | No |
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Total time including Carstensz Pyramid | : | 05y,044d |
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Total time including Kosciuszko | : | xxx |
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Age when finished with CP | : | 37y,322d |
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Age when finished with K | : | xxx |
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Website | : | x |
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Additional Info | : | Sean earned provincial colours for Surf lifesaving, at the same time developing a deep love for the ocean. In 1989 he registered at the Technikon Natal Video technology department where he graduated in 1992 with a national Diploma in Television production. He spent much of his time between studies, surfing and travelling the South African coastline in search of the perfect wave - often alone.
Sean acquired a well-known racing yacht and rebuilt her over three years. Yacht “Kiga” has embarked on many great adventures in the Indian Ocean and around the Cape since then.
Throughout it all, film-making has supported Sean with M-Net’s “Carte Blanche” being the mainstay of his business, where he has worked on hundreds of stories as well as for such prestigious networks as Discovery and National Geographic. Sean has also produced many of his own documentaries, particularly those which are adventure-related.
In 1996, he accompanied Derek Watts and Cathy O’Dowd to Mount Everest, where he decided to make a documentary about the mountain, joining Alex Harris’ expedition on the Northern side for the season.
In 1997, Sean followed Mike Horn’s traverse of South America along the Amazon River from source to mouth on a hydrospeed (a compartmentalised “boogy” board) and in 2000, he filmed his traverse of the globe along the Equator un-motorised, “Latitude Zero”. During the filming of this Sean undertook a three-month sailing adventure to Madagascar and the mid Indian Ocean region.
In 1998, he followed Alex Harris and Sean Disney to Mount Vinson in Antarctica, the highest mountain on the continent. The documentary “ The Mountain of the Midnight Sun” was an award winner and is still broadcast regularly on the SABC. Reaching the summit of this great mountain was a huge achievement considering he carried his hefty Betacam camera to the top.
In January 2002 he reached the summit of Mount Aconcagua at 6900m. Then in June he reached the summit of Mount McKinley (6194M) in Alaska, the highest mountain in North America and then, on 30 May 2003 at 11.15am, Sean reached the summit of the highest of all great mountains Mount Everest at 8850m. This was a hugely emotional and celebratory moment. The Discovery Everest team had struggled for two months against the worst weather seen on the mountain for decades and finally succumbed to defeat. Sean’s last minute decision to take advantage of a very late weather window and try once more, paid off and he made it to the top.
This achievement made him realise that he would only have to reach the summit of three remaining highest peaks on each continent to complete the Seven Summits and become the first South African to do so. Once again with Discovery’s backing, he reached the top of Mount Elbrus in Russia (5642M) in August last year and Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia, the highest peak in Australasia (4884M) on 25 October 2003.
Now all that remains to complete the feat is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and the expedition leaves on Valentine’s Day.
An artcile about Seans 7summits:
http://www.southafrica.info/news/top_story/sevensummits-wisedale.htm |
