Tim Macartney-Snape

Tim Macartney-Snape
AM
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1956-01-05) 5 January 1956 (age 68)
Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
Websitewww.timmacartneysnape.com
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineer
Known forCo-founder of Sea to Summit[1]
First ascentsMount Everest via the North Face to Norton Couloir route
Updated on 17 March 2013

Tim Macartney-Snape AM (born 5 January 1956) is an Australian mountaineer and author. On 3 October 1984 Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They reached the summit, climbing without supplementary oxygen, via a new route on the North Face (North Face to Norton Couloir). In 1990, Macartney-Snape became the first person to walk and climb from sea level to the top of Mount Everest. Macartney-Snape is also the co-founder of the Sea to Summit range of outdoor and adventure gear and accessories,[2] a guide for adventure travel company World Expeditions[3] and a founding director and patron of the World Transformation Movement.[4]

  1. ^ "About Us – Sea to Summit".
  2. ^ "Tim Macartney-Snape – Saxton Speaker Bureau". Archived from the original on 15 March 2004.
  3. ^ www.worldexpeditions.com
  4. ^ "World Transformation Movement". Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.