Pat Falvey
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| Born | 2 June 1957 County Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Mountaineer, Adventurer, Explorer, Speaker, Mentor, Coach, Author, Entrepreneur. |
| Known for | First person to do the Seven Summits twice including Mount Everest from the Tibetan and Nepalese sides, Leader of the largest team to transverse South Georgia, Leader of First Irish team to reach the Southpole. |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Website | www |
Pat Falvey is an Irish high-altitude mountaineer, expedition leader, polar explorer, entrepreneur, author, corporate/personal trainer/coach, and motivational speaker. He was the first person to complete the
Early life
Born and raised on the north side of Cork city, Ireland, Falvey started mountain climbing in his late twenties, having worked as a builder and property developer from his late teens onwards. Following the economic recession of the mid-1980s in Ireland, he lost most of his wealth and discovered mountaineering in his late 20s.
Mountain climbing career
Falvey began his climbing career with hill walking and climbing on the
In June 1994, Falvey climbed
Falvey was the expedition leader of the first Irish team to reach the summit of Cho Oyu in China and Nepal without oxygen, on 20 May 1998. He reached the summit of Ama Dablam in Nepal on 3 November 1999. In 2003, Falvey was the expedition leader of the first Irish team to reach the summit of Mount Everest via the South-Southeast Ridge, with team members Ger McDonnell and Mick Murphy reaching the summit. On 18 May 2004, Falvey reached the summit of Everest via the South-Southeast Ridge, and led the expedition that saw the first Irish woman, Dr Clare O'Leary, reach the top of Everest.
Falvey and O'Leary completed the Seven Summits on 16 December 2005, when Falvey became the first person to complete the Seven Summits twice by climbing Mount Everest from both the Tibetan and Nepalese sides.
Polar career
In 2006, Falvey led a group of 32 across the
Gaelic games
He joined the Kerry county football team as a "sports performance coach" in 2021.[4][5] Manager Peter Keane said: "You take us in this country with five million people and we have had some unbelievable adventurers like Shackleton and Crean; you look at someone like Pat who has climbed Everest twice from two different sides, managed to climb the Seven Summits twice, and I am looking to see if he can bring something different in here".[6]
Publications
Falvey, Pat, with Collins, Dan (1997). Reach for the Sky, Cork, Ireland, The Collins Press.
Falvey, Pat, (2007). A Journey to Adventure: Stories I never thought I’d tell, Cork, Ireland, The Collins Press.
Falvey, Pat, with Gyalje Sherpa, Pemba (2013). The Summit: How Triumph Turned To Tragedy On K2’s Deadliest Days, Kerry and Dublin, Ireland, Beyond Endurance Publishing with The O’Brien Press.
Falvey, Pat, (2016). You Have The Power: Explore The Mindset You Need To Realise Your Dreams, Kerry, Ireland, Beyond Endurance Publishing.
Falvey, Pat, (2018). Accidental Rebel, Kerry, Ireland, Beyond Endurance Publishing.
Other work
- Against the Sky: The Incredible Story of an Irish Expedition to climb Mount Everest, a Kevin Hughes Film. Executive producer Pat Falvey.
- The Summit, an Image Now Films and Pat Falvey Irish and Worldwide Productions production about the 2008 climbing season on K2 in which eleven climbers died. Executive producer, Pat Falvey.
- My Private Everest, a three-part documentary for television on Falvey. Athena Media, Dublin. Ireland.
- Beyond Endurance, a four-part TV miniseries.
See also
- List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
References
- ^ "The Seven Summits: The Challenge & Irish Successes". Irish Seven Summits. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Speaker". patfavey.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
During 25 years of delivering talks around the world, Pat has ...
- ^ "Irish team reaches South Pole". 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Kerry appoint Falvey as sports performance coach". Hogan Stand. 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Pat Falvey appointment confirmed as review recommends tweaks to Kerry GAA districts". Irish Examiner. 22 February 2021.
- ^ Roche, Frank (11 May 2021). "'I had a very innocuous fall, and I put my hand back to save myself and unfortunately I dislocated my shoulder': Mountain tumble added injury to insult but now the only way is up for Kingdom". Irish Independent.
External links
- http://www.beyondendurance.ie www.beyondendurance.ie
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