Florian Hill (born April 9, 1984 in Germany) is a professional

mountaineer Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports ...

and

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. He currently lives in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

and

Haines, Alaska Haines (Tlingit: ''Deishú'') is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle and near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. As of the 2020 census, the popul ...

Biography and athletic career

Hill was introduced to the mountains by his family early on in life. By the age of five, he had already climbed his first 10,000 foot mountain with his father in the Alps. In his late adolescence he competed in Olympic boxing in national and international tournaments, training at the Olympic Training Center in Germany. He was awarded Citizen of Honor in his hometown in the federal state of

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

. Florian's passion for the outdoors led him to the Arctic where he trained sled dog teams for the longest and toughest distance race in the world e.g. for

Yukon Quest The Yukon Quest, formally the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Sled Dog Race, is a sled dog race scheduled every February since 1984 between Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, switching directions ...

winner and

Iditarod The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod (), is an annual long-distance sled dog race held in Alaska in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of between 12 and 16 dogs, of which at leas ...

veteran Sebastian Schnuelle in Canada and Alaska. As a professional mountaineer he extensively climbed in the ice-wastes of

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

, the South American Andes,

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than 100 pea ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

and the

Yukon Territory Yukon () is a territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s westernmost territory and the smallest ...

in Northern Canada. Florian Hill consistently strives to combine high performance and adventure.

Professional career

Florian Hill studied business psychology as a scholarship recipient at a private college. With a thesis on the acceptance of

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in safety-critical organizations, he obtained a

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in Psychology from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

with distinction. As a scholar of the

Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., but also has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, its original home. Its stated miss ...

Germany, he participated in the Aspen Leadership Program. In 2012, Hill founded a strategic consulting firm in New York and worked as a consultant for the think tank European Horizons at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. From 2009 to 2013, Florian Hill regularly published reports for international magazines such as National Geographic and Geo. In 2015 he was officially announced as a

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Jonathan Edwards College Jonathan Edwards College (informally JE) is a residential college at Yale University. It is named for theologian and minister Jonathan Edwards, a 1720 graduate of Yale College. JE's residential quadrangle was the first to be completed in Yale's ...

at Yale University by a nomination of Professor master Laurans and the Council of Masters. He also functions as an honorary member to the

German Council on Foreign Relations The German Council on Foreign Relations (, DGAP) is a prominent Germany foreign policy research institute. It is an independent, private, non-partisan and non-profit organisation, and actively takes part in policy formation and promoting the und ...

and the

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. He is the founder and CEO o
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Ltd. & Co KG, an international agency for strategic corporate communication, design, and creative technologies with project offices in Munich, New York, and Dublin.

Family

Florian Hill is the first cousin of

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and Grimme prize-winner . His uncle Anton Hofherr is a German former professional ice hockey player.

Notable climbs

* First ascent ''Djamila, ''Teke-Tor (4.480 m),

Tian Shan The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The highest peak is Jengish Chokusu at high and located in Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is ...

, difficulty: V+, M4+, E4; 880 m *

First ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...

''Deliver Me'',

Illimani Illimani () is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the second high ...

Southface (6.439 m), difficulty: VI, WI6, M6+, E5, alpine style; 1700 m. * First ascent ''Chamaka'',

Sirk'i Qullu Sirk'i Qullu (Aymara language, Aymara ''sirk'i'' wart, ''qullu'' mountain, "wart mountain", also spelled ''Serkhe Kkollu, Serkhe Khollu, Serkhe Kollu, Serque Qollu'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real (Bolivia), Cordillera Real in the Andes of ...

Southwest face (5.546 m) difficulty: VII, WI5, M5, alpine style; 550 m. * First ascent ''Newfoundland'', ''Diente Blanco'' (5.250 m), Kunturiri, Cordillera Real, difficulty V,WI5, M3+, alpine style; 420 m. * First ascent "Epic", Taku D Peak, Southeast face,

Juneau Icefield The Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, continuing north through the border with British Columbia, extending through an area of in the Coast Mountains, Coast Range ranging north to south and east ...

. difficulty: TD-, E5, 550 Meter. Ski traverse and ascent by fair means *

Cerro Ramada Cerro Ramada is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes, in Argentina. It has a height of . The first ascent of the mountain was by the leader of a Polish expedition in 1934, Konstanty Narkiewicz-Jodka, on February 9 that y ...

Northwest face (6.384 m) *

Denali Denali (), federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak on land, measuring . On p. 20 of Helm ...

(6.194 m) 2011 West Buttress, 2012 West Rib, Messner couloir

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Florian German mountain climbers Living people 1984 births