Andy Kirkpatrick

Andy Kirkpatrick
	Andy Kirkpatrick in Greenland, 2006
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	24 June 1971 (age 53); Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupations	climber, motivational speaker, writer
Website	andy-kirkpatrick.com
Climbing career
Type of climber	Aid climbing; Big wall climbing; Alpine climbing; Rope solo climbing; Solo climbing;

Andrew Kirkpatrick is a British mountaineer, author, motivational speaker and monologist. He is best known as a big wall climber, having scaled Yosemite's El Capitan over 30 times, including five solo ascents, and two one-day ascents, as well as climbing in Patagonia, Alaska, Antarctica and the Alps. He has also crossed Greenland by ski. In 2014 he guided Alex Jones up Moonlight Buttress, Zion National Park, raising £1.9 million for Sport Relief.^[1]