All posts for Year: 2019

On Top of The World

December 6, 2019/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Origins of the EGS with Vanessa O’Brien

December 5, 2019/in Explorers Grand Slam /by Vanessa O'Brien

Pakistan’s Investment Potential

October 25, 2019/in Pakistan /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien Gets Shout Out for K2

October 1, 2019/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

Keep Calm in High Stress Situations

August 14, 2019/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Why K2 Is Harder To Climb Than Everest

July 16, 2019/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

Quest for Adventure

June 27, 2019/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Discussions at the Scott Polar Research Institute

June 1, 2019/in Explorers Grand Slam /by Vanessa O'Brien

Death on Everest

May 28, 2019/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Why K2 is Harder Than Everest

May 28, 2019/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney awards O’Brien Fearless Girl

May 17, 2019/in Affiliations /by Vanessa O'Brien

National Day of Pakistan and Mountaineer Vanessa O’Brien

March 23, 2019/in K2 /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien Joins TEC Board

March 22, 2019/in Affiliations /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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