All posts for Year: 2016

Guinness World Records 2017

December 1, 2016/in Recognition /by Vanessa O'Brien

Pakistan Boasts Some Amazing Glaciers & Peaks

November 1, 2016/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien: Leadership in Action

October 21, 2016/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Appoints O’Brien to Advisory Board

September 26, 2016/in Affiliations /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien Becomes Global Affairs Sports Ambassador

September 1, 2016/in Affiliations /by Vanessa O'Brien

Vanessa O’Brien at The Gilkey Memorial on K2

September 1, 2016/in Affiliations /by Vanessa O'Brien

Remembering The Gilkey Memorial

September 1, 2016/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Remembering Those Lost on The Savage Mountain

August 1, 2016/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

The Changing Face of Explorers

August 1, 2016/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

K2 Summit Bids Abandoned After Avalanche Wipes Out Camp 3

July 23, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

K2 Climbers Stay at Camp 2

July 1, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

The Arduous Task of Climbing K2 Begins

June 30, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

K2 Climbers Report Progress at Camp 2

June 27, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien Attempts K2 Record

June 16, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien Forms K2 United Team to Climb K2

June 14, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

Fastest Woman Climber to Attempt K2

June 14, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien to Carry American, Pakistan and British Flags to K2 Summit

June 14, 2016/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

Wise Words – Setting Big Goals

January 1, 2016/in Health & Fitness /by Vanessa O'Brien

Fitness Expert: Tackling Calf Pain

January 1, 2016/in Health & Fitness /by Vanessa O'Brien

About Vanessa O’Brien

Vanessa O’Brien is a British female mountaineer and an American female mountaineer (as a result of her dual nationality), explorer, aquanaut, astronaut, author, and public speaker.

Vanessa has an incredible six Guinness World Records: First x 2, Fastest, Deepest, Farthest and Oldest. Vanessa is the first woman to reach extremes on land, sea, and air (the Explorers' Extreme Trifecta) following her mission on Blue Origin's NS-22 to 107km. Vanessa was the first woman to reach earth’s highest (Mt. Everest 8,848m) and lowest points (Challenger Deep 10,925m), the fastest woman to climb the Seven Summits in 295 days, and the first person to reach nearest to and farthest from the earth's core (Challenger Deep and the summit of Chimborazo.) Vanessa is the first woman to complete the Four Poles Challenge, going the farthest north * south * east * west from the top of Everest to the bottom of Challenger Deep to skiing the last degree to the geographic North and South Poles. She holds the record for the oldest woman to summit K2, the second tallest peak, at 52 years old.

Vanessa became the first American or British woman to successfully summit K2, receiving Explorer of the Year by the Scientific Exploration Society (SES) in 2018. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an Honorary Advisory Board member of the SES.

Vanessa summitted the highest peak on every continent, receiving a Guinness World Record for the fastest time a woman first achieved this goal (295 days.) Vanessa has skied the last 111 km to the north and south poles completing the Explorers Grand Slam in 11 months, the first woman to do so in under a year, and the 8th woman in the world. Vanessa ran the Boston Marathon in 2017, helping to raise money for the American Red Cross, has been shot testing bulletproof vests with a .38 long revolver at point blank range, and rode 200 mph with Mario Andretti at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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