Jake Meyer

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Jake Julian Barrington Meyer (born 20 January 1984) is a British mountaineer and adventurer. He achieved fame by becoming the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest in 2005, aged 21 years 4 months.^[1] In doing so, Meyer also became the youngest man in the world to climb the Seven Summits.^[1] More recently in 2018 he summited K2, the second highest mountain in the world, and climbed Everest a second time. He has taken part in over 30 expeditions around the world.

Early life

From

Meyer ascended from the Tibetan side, via the North Col-North East Ridge route. The climb started on 2 April 2005, reaching the summit on 4 June 2005.

He was accompanied by Diahanne Gilbert, the Scottish team leader, and two Sherpas, Mingma Nuru and Anil Bhattarai.^[1]

Meyer's climb was in aid of the Children's Wish Foundation.

On the 23rd May 2023, Meyer summited Everest for a second time via the South Col Route from Nepal with Fursang Sherpa. This followed an attempt to climb Kanchenjunga, where he was part of a team that reached c8350m before turning back after the rope fixing team ran out of rope.

Mountaineering/Adventures

Meyer is a self-confessed

• Russia
• North America:USA, Mexico, Barbados
• South America: Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador
• UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
• Tanzania; Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Mauritius
• Australasia: Mount Kosciuszko
• Antarctica: Vinson Massif

Records

Meyer has broken and holds or has previously held several records:

• Youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest (2005-held until 2006). His "youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest" record was broken in 2006 by Rob Gauntlett who was 19 at the time.^[4]
• Youngest man in the world to have completed the Seven Summits (
  Bass Variant). Meyer was 'pipped at the post' to the title of "youngest person in the world" to climb the Seven Summits by 20-year-old American Danielle Fisher, who summitted three days earlier, taking the South Col
  route, but was able to claim being the youngest man in the world to complete the Seven Summits.
• Youngest ascent of
  Mount Vinson
  (highest mountain in the Antarctic) (2004 - held for 8 days)
• Youngest solo ascent of Aconcagua (highest mountain outside the Himalayas) (2002)
• Tenth (and youngest) Briton to summit K2 2018. His successful summit was the culmination of 3 attempts over 9 years (2009, 2016 and 2018). At the time he was the seventh Briton to have survived summiting K2. Meyer used his 2016 and 2018 expeditions to raise money for Walking With The Wounded. ^[2]
• Shortest time to visit the highest point in every county in the UK. 82 counties, metropolitan counties and unitary authorities in 7 days, 4 hours and 20 minutes (2008)
• Shortest time to climb the highest peak in each of the 48 states of the Continental USA. The Freestyle Challenge was completed in 23 days 19 hours 31 minutes in 2006 as Meyer reached the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine. The British team shaved nearly six days off the existing record of 29 days, previously held by American Ben Jones. Meyer's record held for nearly 9 years until it was broken by American's Josh and Lindsay Sanders in a time of 19 days, 7 hours and 37 minutes.^[5]

Personal life

Jake married Saskia Stoop in 2013. They have three daughters: Ottalie (born 2014), Poppy (born 2016) and Sienna (born 2020). They currently live in

Charity and youth work

Meyer has often used his expeditions to raise money for charities which are close to his heart, especially military and youth charities. He is an ambassador for

Meyer was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to mountaineering, young people and charity.^[6]

References