Stephen Koch (born September 6, 1968 in

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) is an American adventurer, extreme snowboarder, mountaineer, and pioneer in the field of snowboard mountaineering, a term he coined. He is best known as the first and only person to snowboard on all

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, the highest peak on each continent. Koch is also the first to snowboard all the major Teton peaks in Wyoming. Koch has been featured in ''Outside'', ''Men's Journal'', and ''Sports Illustrated''. Appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, MSNBC and OLN. He is an author of articles for ''Alpinist Magazine'', ''Transworld Snowboarding Magazine'', ''Snowboarder'', ''Mountain Zone.com'', ''Men's Journal Magazine'' and ''American Alpine Journal''. His photography work has been published in ''Men's Journal Magazine'', ''Outside Magazine'', ''National Geographic Adventure Magazine'', ''American Alpine Journal'', and ''Alpinist Magazine''.

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Slave to the Quest
May 1, 2003. Outside.
Facing the Fall Line
March 2, 2004 Outside.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2003
The Everest Ride
March 17, 2003.

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