Jon Robert Muir
OAM (born 1961) is an Australian mountaineer who has hiked through many terrains, supporting himself through his travels, becoming very skilled at hiking, hunting and finding resources.
He is well known for hiking alone across Australia, the North pole, South pole, Mt. Everest and kayaking in the ocean.
He has many different achievements that are listed below, in chronological order.
Biography
Muir grew up in Australia.
He began adventuring after being inspired while sailing with a friend.
He started rock climbing professionally.
At age sixteen, Muir decided to drop out of school and pursue adventuring and climbing full time, beginning in New Zealand.
He climbed Mount Everest solo and hiked across Australia without assistance or re-supply.
Muir lives on an off-grid property, adjacent to the Grampian ranges in Victoria, Australia.
Achievements
See also
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Alone Across Australia
''Alone Across Australia'' is a fifty-two-minute documentary released in 2003, which is based on adventurer Jon Muir's solo and unsupported journey across Australia in 2001. The motion picture introduces Muir and his exploits all over the wor ...
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List of people who have walked across Australia
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Australian Geographic Society Adventure Awards
Australian Geographic is a media business that produces the ''Australian Geographic'' magazine, ''DMag'' magazine, specialist book titles, travel guides, diaries and calendars and online media. It published editions of the Australian Encyclopa ...
References
External links
Jon Muir's websitevia the
Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, California. Created in 1996 and launched to the public in 2001, it allows the user to go "back in time" and see ...
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1961 births
Living people
Australian mountain climbers
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Australian summiters of Mount Everest