All posts for Year: 2023

Every Person Launched Into Space by Blue Origin So Far

June 22, 2023/in Space /by Vanessa O'Brien

Meet Adventurers Taking Trips More Extreme

June 21, 2023/in Interviews /by Vanessa O'Brien

A discussion in New York for Nepalese tourism

March 31, 2023/in Nepal /by Vanessa O'Brien

Promoting Tourism in Nepal ion 2023

March 31, 2023/in Nepal /by Vanessa O'Brien

PATA and Vanessa O’Brien join Counslate General to Promote Tourism

March 31, 2023/in Nepal /by Vanessa O'Brien

Counsulate General Promotes Tourism to Nepal in New York

March 31, 2023/in Nepal /by Vanessa O'Brien

Embassy of the United States urges American people to visit Nepal

March 31, 2023/in Nepal /by Vanessa O'Brien

Reimagine Yourself in Nepal

March 31, 2023/in Nepal /by Vanessa O'Brien

Vanessa O’Brien Joins Blue Origin NS-22

January 2, 2023/in Space /by Vanessa O'Brien

About Vanessa O’Brien

Vanessa O’Brien is a British mountaineer and an American 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 Geographic 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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