Danielle Fisher
Danielle Fisher (born 1985) is an American mountain climber who in 2005 became the youngest person to complete the Seven Summits and the youngest American to climb Mount Everest.
Biography
Fisher was raised in
attention deficit disorder in the sixth grade.[2] By her junior year of high school, she had climbed Mount Adams, Mount Baker and Mount Rainier with her father and Mike Woodmansee, an experienced mountaineer, and had soon resolved to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountains in each of the seven continents.[3]
Fisher began her bid to complete the Seven Summits in January 2003, with
US$96,000.[5]
Fisher attended Washington State University, where she majored in material science engineering with plans to work in the production of climbing equipment.[2]
References
- ^ Suderman, Hannelore (Summer 2006). "The making of mountaineers". Washington State Magazine. Washington State University. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ ADDitude Magazine. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Mt. Everest 2005: Danielle Fisher". EverestNews.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ Collins, Luke (1 October 2005). "Attention Getter". Outside. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Melanthia (4 June 2005). "At 20, she's youngest to scale highest peaks on all 7 continents". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 15 March 2014.