Florian Hill (born April 9, 1984 in Germany) is a professional

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and

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. He currently lives in

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and

Haines, Alaska Haines (Tlingit: ''Deishú'') is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle, near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. As of the 2020 census, the populat ...

Biography and athletic career

Hill was introduced to the mountains by his family early on in life. By the age of five, he had already climbed his first 10,000 foot mountain with his father in the Alps. In his late adolescence he competed in Olympic boxing in national and international tournaments, training at the

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in Germany. He was awarded Citizen of Honor in his hometown in the federal state of

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. Florian's passion for the outdoors led him to the Arctic where he trained sled dog teams for the longest and toughest distance race in the world e.g. for

Yukon Quest The Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon. Because of the harsh winter conditions, difficult trail, and ...

winner and

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veteran Sebastian Schnuelle in Canada and Alaska. As a professional mountaineer he extensively climbed in the ice-wastes of

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, the South American Andes,

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and the

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in Northern Canada. Florian Hill consistently strives to combine high performance and adventure.

Professional career

Apart from his expedition activities Florian leads a strategy consulting firm based in New York City. He also acts as a strategic adviser for

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a transatlantic think tank based at

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. In 2015 Florian was officially announced as a

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at Yale University by a nomination of Professor master Laurans and the Council of Masters. He also functions as an honorary member to the

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and the

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Family

Florian Hill is the first cousin of

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and Grimme prize-winner . His uncle Anton Hofherr is a German former professional ice hockey player.

Notable climbs

* First ascent ''Djamila, ''Teke-Tor (4.480 m),

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, difficulty: V+, M4+, E4; 880 m *

First ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

''Deliver Me'',

Illimani Illimani (Aymara) is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the secon ...

Southface (6.439 m), difficulty: VI, WI6, M6+, E5, alpine style; 1700 m. * First ascent ''Chamaka'', Sirk'i Qullu Southwest face (5.546 m) difficulty: VII, WI5, M5, alpine style; 550 m. * First ascent ''Newfoundland'', ''Diente Blanco'' (5.250 m), Kunturiri, Cordillera Real, difficulty V,WI5, M3+, alpine style; 420 m. * First ascent "Epic", Taku D Peak, Southeast face,

Juneau Icefield The Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska, continuing north through the border with British Columbia, extending through an area of in the Coast Range ranging north to south and east to west. The icefield is the so ...

. difficulty: TD-, E5, 550 Meter. Ski traverse and ascent by fair means *

Cerro Ramada Cerro Ramada is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes, in Argentina. It has a height of . The first ascent of the mountain was by a Polish expedition in 1934, when a cairn was erected on the summit.S. W. Daszynski, 'A Pol ...

Northwest face (6.384 m) *

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(6.194 m) 2011 West Buttress, 2012 West Rib, Messner couloir

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Florian German mountain climbers Living people 1984 births