Rex Pemberton (born 1983) is an

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, best known as being the youngest male Australian ever to climb

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Mountaineering

Born and raised in

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, Pemberton was educated at

Knox Grammar School Knox Grammar School is an independent Uniting Church day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, New South Wales, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia as an all- ...

and the

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. He climbed his first alpine peak when he was 16. He raised $100,000 for his Everest climb and another $100,000 to fund his climbs of the remaining

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, which he completed in 2006 and was the third youngest person in the world to complete this feat. He produced a documentary film of his Everest ascent, entitled ''To Stand Above the Clouds''.

Wingsuit Flying

As a keen skydiver, Rex soon transitioned to wingsuit flying then progressing to wingsuit base jumping and proximity flying. Rex rose to the top of the wingsuit world and now competes at the world championships, with third place being his best result. Rex has designed and built the X-Wing, a jet powered carbon-fiber wing.Archived a
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Personal life

Pemberton is married to Emily Guilding. He is the brother of former

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Filmography

* ''To Stand Above the Clouds'' (2006)

References

Living people 1984 births People educated at Knox Grammar School Australian summiters of Mount Everest {{australia-bio-stub