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Ranking in 7summits list, either CP or K | : | 148 |
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Ranking in Carstensz Pyramid list | : | 0 |
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Ranking in Kosciuszko list | : | 112 |
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First name | : | Jake |
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Family name | : | Meyer |
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Gender | : | male |
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Country of origin | : | UK |
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Date of Birth | : | 1984-01-20 |
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Name of first summit | : | Kilimanjaro |
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Date of climbing the first summit | : | 2000-01-01 |
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Name of final summit in Carstensz list | : | xxx |
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Date of final summit in Carstensz list | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Name of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | Everest |
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Date of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | 2005-06-04 |
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Date of climbing Kilimanjaro | : | 2000-01-01 |
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Date of climbing Elbrus | : | 2002-07-12 |
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Date of climbing Aconcagua | : | 2002-12-06 |
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Date of climbing Denali | : | 2003-06-22 |
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Date of climbing Vinson | : | 2005-01-08 |
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Date of climbing Everest | : | 2005-06-04 |
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Date of climbing Carstensz Pyramid | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Date of climbing Kosciuszko | : | 2004-10-09 |
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Climbed Carstensz Pyramid? | : | No |
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Climbed Kosciuszko? | : | Yes |
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Total time including Carstensz Pyramid | : | xxx |
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Total time including Kosciuszko | : | 05y,154d |
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Age when finished with CP | : | xxx |
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Age when finished with K | : | 21y,135d |
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Website | : | http://www.jakemeyer.co.uk |
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Additional Info | : | Jake Meyer is the youngest male on the Kosciuszko and combined list (June 2005).
kilimanjaro route: Machame
Elbrus route: Normal
Aconcagua route: Horcones (normal) solo
Denali route: West Buttress
Vinson route: Normal
Everest route: North Ridge
Kosciuszko route: Normal (Winter solo)
Climbing biography:
Jake Meyer's climbing biography
Adventure Peaks Everest North Ridge Expedition 8,850m/29,035ft
April-June 2005
On the 4th June 2005, Jake stood on the summit of Mt Everest, becoming the Youngest Briton to climb Everest and the Youngest Man in the world to climb the 7 summits. He reached the summit at 6.30am Nepalese time along with his expedition leader Di Gilbert and 2 Sherpas. Battling against the worst weather the mountain has experienced in 45 years, the team summited on day 64 of the expedition.
www.adventurepeaks.com
Adventure Peaks Vinson Massif Expedition 4,897m/16,067ft
December 2004
On A/Ps first ever expedition to Vinson, the highest mountain in the Antarctic, Jake became the youngest person in the world to climb the mountain aged only 20. Despite temperatures as low as -70ºC, and having to have a team mate evacuated after he fell down a crevasse, Jake, Martin Doyle and Lee Farmer made it to the summit.
www.adventurepeaks.com
Mt Kosciusko 7,316 ft
September 2004
Australia's highest mountain, located in the Great Snowy Mountains in New South Wales is regarded as by far the easiest of the 7 summits. However, when Jake decided to attempt a solo winter ascent of the mountain, the unusually severe weather conditions forced him to have to make two attempts and was nearly the end of him. Expecting a walk in the park, and experiencing ‘the worst conditions ever encountered in the mountains' made the trip an adventure one of the more memorable of his adventures.
Climbing road trip through France
June 2004
With his climbing partner Gerard Smith. Chamonix to Fountain-Bleu.
Attempted winter solo ascent of the Matterhorn
March 2004
Attempted winter solo ascent of the Matterhorn. Jake was forced back a mere hundred metres from the summit due to extremely bad weather and avalanching.
7summits.com Expedition to Mt McKinley/Denali 6,194m/20,230ft
June 2003
With a team of Dutch climbers, Jake managed to climb North America's highest peak in half the time of a usual ascent. After only 11 days, they reached the summit, and Jake still had the energy to do a headstand on the highest point in the Alaska Range.
http://www.7summits.com
Cerro Aconcagua 6,962m/22,835ft
November-December 2002
Jake returned to South America's highest mountain in Argentina for a solo unsupported ascent. After 10 hard days of battling through storms and unusually cold weather, he reached the summit, and became the youngest person in the world to solo the Aconcagua (the highest mountain outside Asia).
7summits.com Expedition to Mt Elbrus 5,642m/18,481ft
July 2002
With his father Hugh, Jake travelled to the Caucasus on the Russian/Georgian border to climb Europe's highest mountain. All of the international team (which included British, American, Australian and German climbers) summited.
http://www.7summits.com
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
January 2002
Jake was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travelling fellowship, which gave him a grant for his expeditions during his GAP year.
www.wcmt.org.uk
Marlborough College Expedition to Cerro Aconcagua
December 2000
With a team made up almost entirely of 16 year olds, Jake was struck down by severe altitude sickness at the final camp at over 6000m. With the help of his team, he descended back to Basecamp, and rapidly recovered. Unfortunately, none of the expedition summited, but the trip proved invaluable as an experience of teamwork in the mountains.
www.marlboroughcollege.org
www.farfrontiers.com
Footloose Expedition to Mt Kilimanjaro 5,896m/19,340ft
December 1999
Footloose Expedition to Mt Kilimanjaro 5,896m/19,340ft. The first of his continental high points, Jake travelled to Tanzania with Hugh, his father, to climb Africa's highest mountain. Jake (then aged 15) and Hugh arrived at the summit to watch the dawn of the new Millennium; the 1st January 2000.
www.footloose.co.uk
Marlborough College in Wiltshire
September 1997
Jake starts at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. The School's fantastically equipped Outdoor Activity department and centre proved the catalyst for encouraging Jake's already keen interest in climbing. There is no doubt, that without Nick Parks and Rupert Rosedale, the incredibly enthusiastic and experienced heads of OA, whilst he was there; Jake would never have achieved his dreams of Everest and the 7 summits.
www.marlboroughcollege.org
First climbing trip
May 1996
Aged 12, Jake goes on his first ever climbing trip to Swanage on the South coast of England whilst at Cheam Hawtreys school. It was here that he fell in love with rock climbing and the outdoors.
www.cheamschool.com
Personal Biography:
At the age of 14, Jake Meyer set himself the challenge of becoming the youngest person to climb the 7 Summits; the highest mountain on each continent. On the 4th June 2005 at the age of 21, he stood on the summit of Mt Everest, thus becoming the youngest Briton to climb Everest, as well as the youngest man in the world to complete the 7 Summits.
Jake MeyerFor him it was a dream come true; five and a half years of hard work from his first summit to his last, yet he had completed his life's ambition at such a young age.
Jake is currently studying Environmental Science at Bristol University, yet makes the most of his long uni holidays to continue climbing around the world. As an Army Scholar, he plays and active part in the Bristol University Officer Training Corps (UOTC), and is looking forward to going to RMA Sandhurst in 2007.
Jake also gives presentations, talks and lectures around the country to "enthuse, encourage and inform" others about his adventures. Jake is involved with a number of charities, especially The Children's Wish Foundation and Breast Cancer Campaign.
Picture by Harry Kikstra |
