About us
Our Patrons
Alex Txikon
Alex Txikon, born on 12 December 1981 is a Spanish mountaineer. He has successfully climbed 11 out of 14, 8000ers mountains. In 2016, Alex along with Simone Moro & Ali Sadpara became the first climbers to climb Nanga Parbat in winter also known as the killer mountain for its high mortality rate. In addition to being a mountaineer, Alex Txikon has also practiced BASE jumping. In 2013 he obtained the Spanish record for BASE jumping by jumping from 3,200 meters, a spectacular jump from Pico Veleta, in Granada together with Patrick Gisasola and Darius Barrio.
Carlos Soria
Carlos Soria Fontán, born on 5 February 1939 is a Spanish mountaineer. He is the only mountaineer to have ascended 10 mountains of more than 8,000 meters after turning 60, and he is the oldest person in history to have successfully climbed the K2 (65 years old), Broad Peak (68), Makalu (69), Gasherbrum I (70), Manaslu (71), Kanchenjunga (75) and Annapurna (77).
Simone Moro
Simone Moro, born on 27 October 1967 is an Italian alpinist. He is known for having made the first winter ascents of 4 out of 14 eight-thousanders including Shishapangma (2015), Makalu (2009), Gasherbrum II (2011), and Nanga Parbat (2016). He has also summited Everest four times (2000, 2002, 2006, and 2010). Moro is also an experienced helicopter pilot. In 2013, he and two other rescue experts carried out the world’s highest long-line rescue operation on a helicopter, on Lhotse, at 7800m. On 12 November 2015, he set a new flight altitude world record in an ES 101 Raven turboshaft-powered helicopter(6705m).
Arnold Coster
Arnold Coster, born in 1976 is a Dutch mountaineer. He has summited 5 out of 14 peaks above 8000m. Coster is a senior expedition leader who has led over 35 expeditions in the Himalayas and other major mountain ranges in Asia. He has summited 5 of the 14 peaks above 8000m.
Jorge Egocheaga
Jorge Egocheaga Rodríguez, born on 7 November 1966 in Oviedo is an Asturian doctor and mountaineer, the first Spaniard to climb all eight miles. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Oviedo and worked as a lecturer. He specializes in sports medicine and has excelled in cross-country skiing and mountaineering.
Kami Rita Sherpa
Kami Rita Sherpa, born on 17 January 1970 in the Solukhumbu, Nepal is a Nepalese mountaineer. Kami Rita holds a world record for most ascents of Mt. Everest (25 times). Kami Rita also holds a record of 38 summits of the mountains above 8000m.
