About Dave
Dave Hahn has reached the summit of Mount Everest thirteen times (out of 17 tries), more than any American climber. He has guided climbers to the summit of Mount Rainier more than 250 times, and has led 27 attempts on Denali, reaching the summit 20 times. Dave has reached the Vinson Massif in Antarctica summit 29 times. In 2006 Dave led a team of professional athletes on an expedition to ski Mount Everest. In 1999 Dave participated in the expedition that discovered and identified the remains of explorer George Mallory, who died trying to scale Everest in 1924. Dave has been on seven expeditions to the island of South Georgia and has led trekkers overland on the "Shackleton Traverse", which in 2004 won Outside Magazine's Trip of the Year Award. He has participated in many visits by ship to the Antarctic Peninsula. Dave shot high-altitude video for the PBS NOVA program Lost on Everest, and guided a film crew into the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica on a journey of discovery that resulted in the Emmy-Award-winning film, Mountains of Ice.
- 250+ summits of Mount Rainier
- 20 summits of Mount McKinley
- 13 summits of Mount Everest
- 2 summits of Cho Oyu
- 1 summit Aconcagua, Argentina
- 29 Vinson summits including East Side, plus ascents of Shinn and Gardner
- Swiss and French Alps (Mont Blanc, Jungfrau, Monte Rosa, Matterhorn, etc.)
- Emergency Medical Technician
- U.S. Avalanche Level II
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