Sue Fear
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Susan Erica Fear
Early life
Fear was born on 18 March 1963 in
Fear attended St Ives North Public School in her primary school years where she was the
After leaving school after Year 12 in 1980 Fear took an office job with Wilderness Expeditions, an adventure travel company founded by Tim Macartney-Snape. That company was later acquired by World Expeditions, and she moved out of the office and into the field. She became an adventure guide and led cross country ski trips in Australia as well as treks in Africa, South America, and Asia. She was recognised as one of the company's senior guides, leading many physically challenging mountaineering expeditions.
Climbing career
Between 1995 and 2006, Fear climbed the Seven Summits and six of the fourteen eight-thousander peaks. Her first eight-thousander was Cho Oyu (8,201 m) in 1998, followed by Shishapangma (8,027 m) in 2002. In 2003, Fear climbed Everest (8,848 m) from the more difficult Tibetan side on the North Col. She was the first Australian-born woman and the second Australian woman overall to do so. She then successfully climbed K2 (8,611 m) in Pakistan the following year (2004) and Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) in 2005. Her final climb was Manaslu (8,163 m) in 2006, which she successfully summited.
Fear died on 28 May 2006,
Honours and awards
Fear was awarded the
Climbing career
1995 –
1995 –
1996 –
1996 – Mont Blanc (4,810 m)
1996 – Aconcagua (6,961 m)
1997 – Denali (6,194 m)
1998 – Cho Oyu (8,201 m)
1999 – Puncak Jaya (4,884 m)
2001 – Vinson Massif (4,892 m)
2002 – Shishapangma (8,027 m)
2003 – Mount Everest (8,848 m)
2004 – K2 (8,611 m)
2005 – Nanga Parbat (8,126 m)
2006 – Manaslu (8,586 m)
Book
Fear's life and climbing career is written about in the biographical book Fear No Boundary: The Road to Everest and Beyond, written by fellow climber Lincoln Hall (with Sue Fear), and first published in Melbourne by Lothian Books in 2005.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Biography". www.suefear.org. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7344-0786-3. Retrieved 27 April 2015 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Australian mountaineer Sue Fear".
- ^ a b Baillie, Rebecca (29 October 2008). "Sue Fear's video diary from Mount Manaslu". The 7.30 Report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2015.