#601: Blake Penson*
Peaks climbed
Journey
Kosciuszko list (Bass): #326
* Estimated date, duration, or age: only the year (or year and month) was recorded; the exact day is unknown.
7summits journey
7summits timeline
Biography
Blake Penson is an Australian who has lived in Europe for many years, based in Barcelona at the time of his Everest summit. He works as a cyber security engineer and founded ExpedReview, a site where climbers review the guides and expedition companies they have climbed with. He writes about climbing and choosing an operator at blakepenson.com.
He reached the top of Kilimanjaro on 17 October 2011, on a trip with his wife and two friends, struggling with altitude sickness on the last stretch above Stella Point. In 2013 he climbed Aconcagua on 10 February, Denali on 26 May and Elbrus on 27 July. His first Everest expedition, in 2015, ended at Camp 2 when the Nepal earthquake struck. He went back in 2017 and reached the summit from Nepal by the South Col route on 26 May, with Tim Mosedale's expedition. Vinson and Kosciuszko followed in 2019, which completed the Bass list. In the Alps he has climbed Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.