Greg Child (born 12 April 1957) is an Australian-born rock climber,

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and filmmaker. He has authored several books: ''Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas'', ''Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child'', ''Postcards from the Ledge'', '' Over the Edge'' and ''Climbing Free'' (co-authored with Lynn Hill), and has written numerous magazine articles for "Outside", "Climbing", "Rock and Ice" and "Men's Journal". In 1987, Child was honoured with the American Alpine Club's Literary Award for his prolific and insightful mountaineering literature. In 2011 Child was president of the jury for mountaineering's coveted Piolet d'Or.

Notable ascents

*1981 ''Aurora'', (VI 5.8 A5, 900m),

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Yosemite Valley Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about long a ...

, USA. FA with Peter Mayfield. *1985 ''Lost in America'', (VI 5.9 A5, 900m),

, USA. FA with Randy Leavitt. *1986 ''Northwest Ridge'',

Gasherbrum IV Gasherbrum IV (; ), surveyed as K3, is the 17th highest mountain on Earth and the 6th highest in Pakistan, as well as the highest independent mountain under eight thousand meters in Pakistan. One of the peaks in the Gasherbrum massif, its im ...

Karakoram The Karakoram () is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range is withi ...

. FA of the Northwest Ridge (second ascent of Gash IV) with Tim Macartney-Snape and Tom Hargis. *1990 K2 successful climb with Steve Swenson and Greg Mortimer and others, per lecture and slides at Harvard Traveler's Club, 21 May 2013 *1992 ''Run for Cover'', (VII 5.11 A3, 1000m), Trango Tower,

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. FA with Mark Wilford. *1994 ''Belligerence'', (VI 5.11 A3+ 1200m), Mount Combatant,

Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains () are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the British Columbia Coast, Coast of British Columbia sout ...

(B.C. Canada). FA with Greg Collum and Steve Mascioli. *1994 ''Wall of Shadows'', (Alaska Grade 6, AI6+ 5.9 A4), Mount Hunter,

Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, mountain range in the Southcentral Alaska, southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoard on G ...

Alaska, USA. FA with Michael Kennedy.

Writings

* 1987: * 1987: * 1988: ''Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalaya'', Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, USA. 1988 , * 1993: ''Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings'', Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, USA. 1993 * 1998: ''Postcards from the Ledge'', Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, USA. 1998 (Winner

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, Outdoor Literature, 1998) * 2002: '' Over the Edge'', Villard Books (Random House), New York, New York, USA. 2002

References

1957 births Australian mountain climbers Australian non-fiction writers Living people {{australia-writer-stub