Conrad Anker
Conrad Anker ( born November 27, 1962) is an American rock climber, mountaineer, and author, who is active mainly in the Himalayas and Antarctica. He is a member of The North Face climbing team and also works closely with Timex Expedition as brand ambassador together. In 1999, Conrad Anker, a key member of the search team that found the body high of legendary British climber George Mallory on the north face of Mount Everest. Anchor is the one climber who spotted Mallory's body in a boulder field at 8,150 meters above sea level in the huge north face of Everest. Anchor lives in Bozeman, Montana.
Ascents and expeditions of importance
Anchor ascended also important routes in Yosemite Valley ( California ) Zion National Park ( Utah), Baffin Island (Canada), and in the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.
Publications
- Conrad Anker: Gumbies on Gurney. In: American Alpine Club (ed. ): American Alpine Journal 1988, 30, No. 62, NYC, NY, USA, 1988, pp. 69-75. .
- Conrad Anker: Hunter's Northwest Face. In: American Alpine Club (ed. ): American Alpine Journal 1990, 42, No. 64, NYC, NY, USA, 1990, pp. 36-38. .
- Conrad Anker: With You in Spirit. In: American Alpine Club (ed. ): American Alpine Journal 1998, 40, No. 72, Golden, CO, USA, 1998, pp. 140-145. .
- Conrad Anker, David Roberts: The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt Everest. Simon and Schuster / Touchstone, New York, NY, USA 2001 (original 1999), ISBN 0-684-87151-3.
Movies
- Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001)
- Light of the Himalayas ( 2006) is a nine -award winning documentary by Michael Brown, produced by David d' Angelo in collaboration with Rush HD and The North Face. In the heart of the highest mountains of the earth lives a race of charming people who are suffering from the world's highest rate of cataract blindness (cataract ). Athletes of The North Face team accompany Nepalese and American eye surgeons. This spectacular film follows the work of the physicians of the "Himalayan Cataract Project" all the way to the summit of a Himalayan Seven -thousand.
- The Endless Knot (2007 ), directed by Michael Brown and produced by David D' Angelo, is an HDTV documentary with The North Face and Rush HD. In October 1999, the friends Alex Lowe and Conrad Anker to be buried in an avalanche in the Tibetan Himalayas. Conrad survived the avalanche and just began shortly afterwards to suffer from the " guilt of the survivors ." In the months after the tragedy Conrad and Alex's widow Jennifer try to comfort each other and fall in love unexpectedly with each other. Now their connection is tested by Alex's three boys try to accept Conrad as a stepfather. Alex's death was just one of many tragedies when families lose relatives in the mountains. The families of casualties altitude Sherpas suffer the same fate. In memory of Alex and Jennifer Conrad try to process the tragedy by supporting a school for Sherpas and mountaineers helper.
- The Wildest Dream ( 2010), IMAX, directed by Anthony Geffen, Altitude Films, the U.S. distributor, National Geographic Entertainment releas.