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Roskelley
Roskelley is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * John Roskelley (born 1948), American mountaineer and author * Jess Roskelley (1982–2019), American mountaineer, son of John See also * Roskill (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roskelley
John Roskelley (born December 1, 1948) is an American mountain climber and author from Spokane, Washington. He made first ascents and notable ascents of 7,000-meter (22,966 ft.) and 8,000-meter peaks (26,247 ft.) in Nepal, India, and Pakistan. Roskelley is an alumnus of Washington State University in Pullman, earning a bachelor's degree in 1971 in geology. He graduated from Shadle Park High School in west Spokane in 1967. Notable ascents * 1973 ''Northeast Ridge'' Dhaulagiri, Nepal. Third ascent of peak. Summit reached with Louis Reichardt and Nawang Samden, May 12, 1973. * 1976 ''Northwest Face'' Nanda Devi, U.P., India. New route and fifth ascent of peak. Summit reached by Roskelley, Louis Reichardt and Jim States on September 1, 1976. Because Nanda Devi Unsoeld, the daughter of Willi Unsoeld, died on the mountain, Roskelley's article describing the climb was called "Nanda Devi; the Tragic Expedition". * 1977 First Ascent of Great Trango Tower with Galen Rowell, Dennis He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Roskelley
Jess Fenton Roskelley (July 13, 1982 – April 16, 2019) was an American mountaineer. On May 21, 2003, at age twenty, he became the youngest American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He died in an avalanche while climbing on Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies. Early life Roskelley was born on July 13, 1982, and raised in Spokane, Washington, where he attended Mt. Spokane High School. He was the son of mountaineer John Roskelley and Joyce Roskelley, a teacher. He later moved to Montana to attend the University of Montana. Career Roskelley began his career in mountain climbing as a guide on Mount Rainier. He passed the Rainier Mountain Guides exam at the age of eighteen, and by the age of twenty (in 2003) he had reached the summit 35 times as a guide. In March 2003, Roskelley and his father, mountaineer John Roskelley, traveled to Mount Everest as members of an expedition named "Generations on Everest". The expedition marked Jess's first attempt at the Everest su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |