#659: Inge Meløy*

Kosciuszko · Carstensz · Completed 2024-10-26

Norway · Male

Born 9 Jun 1975

Kosciuszko list + Carstensz Pyramid list → 8 summits

Peaks climbed

  • Everest
  • Denali
  • Kosciuszko
  • Carstensz Pyramid
  • Aconcagua
  • Kilimanjaro
  • Elbrus
  • Vinson

Kosciuszko list (Bass)

Completed
≈—
Duration
Not known
Age at completion
Not known

Carstensz Pyramid list (Messner)

Completed
—
Duration
Not known
Age at completion
—

8 Summits (both lists)

Completed
—
Duration
Not known
Age at completion
—

* Estimated date, duration, or age: only the year (or year and month) was recorded; the exact day is unknown.

“Not known”: some summits on this record have no date, so this figure cannot be worked out.

≈ before a place or date: finish date not known. Some summits are undated, so we place the climber by the latest summit we can date; they finished on or after it.

7summits journey

1
Everest
22 May 2017
2
Denali
1 Jan 2022*
3
Kosciuszko
1 Jan 2024*
4

Also confirmed ‡

  • Kilimanjaro
  • Elbrus
  • Aconcagua
  • Vinson

‡ These summits are confirmed as part of this climber's 7summits completion, but the exact dates are not yet on record. We are still researching the details.

Wikipedia (Norsk) ↗

Biography

Inge Meløy is a Norwegian police officer and expedition leader from Oslo, born on 9 June 1975. He skied unsupported to the South Pole in 2005 and the North Pole in 2007, and reached the summit of Everest in May 2017.

He completed the Explorers Grand Slam on Carstensz Pyramid in October 2024, the third Norwegian to do so, and went straight on to Kosciuszko to finish both lists. He was named Norway's Adventurer of the Year for 2024.

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