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SES Member Becomes First British Woman to Bottom of Challenger Deep

December 31, 2020/in Challenger Deep /by Vanessa O'Brien

SES Welcomes O’Brien as Honorary Advisory Board Member

December 31, 2020/in Affiliations /by Vanessa O'Brien

SES Welcomes Four New Honorary Advisory Board Members

July 17, 2020/in Affiliations /by Vanessa O'Brien

Vanessa O’Brien Receives SES Explorer Award

December 31, 2018/in Recognition /by Vanessa O'Brien

Top Exploration Tips

December 31, 2018/in Health & Fitness /by Vanessa O'Brien

SES 2018 Award Winners

December 31, 2018/in Recognition /by Vanessa O'Brien

O’Brien Presents K2 The Final Conquest to SES Members

October 30, 2018/in Affiliations /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, author, and public speaker.

Vanessa has an incredible five Guinness World Records: First, Fastest, Deepest, Farthest and Oldest. Vanessa is 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, the first person to reach the top of Chimborazo and the depths of Challenger Deep at 35,843 feet for a full three hours of bottom time, the first woman to complete the Four Poles Challenge, going the farthest north * south * east * west from to the Top of Everest to Challenger Deep to the geographic north and south poles, and the oldest woman to summit K2, the second tallest peak at 8,611m at 52 years old.

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

Vanessa climbed the highest peak on every continent, receiving a Guinness World Record setting a record for the fastest time a woman first achieved this goal (295 days). Vanessa has skied the last 111 km to the South and North Poles completing the Explorers Grand Slam in 11 months, becoming 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 clothing at point blank range by Miguel Caballero with a .38 long revolver, and also reached 200 mph riding with Mario Andretti at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018.

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FRGS, first woman to reach Earth’s highest and deepest points. Mountaineer, Explorer, Author. My memoir To The Greatest Heights is out now!

Sibusiso Vilane @sibueverest·

14 year ago on this day, 17 January 2008, I arrived at the South pole together with Alex Harris completing a 65 days days of skiing for 1100km from the Hercules Inlet.We become the first and only Africans to achieve this. I on the other hand also became the first black person to.

Alpine Adventure Guides @Alpine_Pakistan·

Taiwanese ledy Grace Tseng has arrived in Pakistan together with 7 Sherpa climbers to attempt to climb Mt K2 (8611 m) this winter 2021-22, Karakoram mountains Pakistan #k2exdpition #k2winter22 #expedition2022 #karakorum #Himalaya #Nangaparbat #Gasherbrum #mountains #Pakistan 🇵🇰

Vanessa O’Brien @vobonline·

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