Mark Twight
Mark Francis Twight (* 1962 ) is an American extreme mountaineer and fitness trainer .
Mark Twight is known for his radical views and the uncompromising style of his climbs, he was the most successful American mountaineer between 1980 and 2000. He made a large number of extremely difficult first ascents in the Rocky Mountains , Alaska , the Himalayas and the French Western Alps .
His book Steig oder Die (English title Kiss or Kill ) received the 2001 Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature in Banff, Canada .
Important ventures
- 1988: First ascent of the Reality Bath route at the White Pyramid, Jasper National Park , Alberta
- Fastest solo ascent of the Czech route at Peak Communism , Pamir Mountains
- 1986: First ascent of the north-west route on the Kangtega / Himalaya with Alison Hargreaves
- 1988: Fastest solo ascent of the Slipstream route (1,000 m icefall in 2 hours) at the Snow Dome, Alberta
- 1991: First ascent of the Richard Cranium Memorial , north-west face of Les Droites , Mont Blanc group
- 2000: Czech Direct , Mount McKinley , Alaska Range , Alaska with Steve House and Scott Backes, third and so far fastest ascent in 60 hours, single push. ( VI, 5.9, WI6, M5 , 2950 meters wall height)
In 2006, Twight trained the cast of the film 300 as a fitness trainer . This project made Twight and his studio Gym Jones known in the fitness industry.
In 2013, Twight acted as a fitness trainer for the cast in the movie Man of Steel .
plant
- Rise or Die. Confessions of a mountain addict. Piper Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-24864-8 .
- Mark Twight, James Martin: Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast & High. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle 1999, ISBN 978-0898866544 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scott Backes: Mt. McKinley's Slovak Route - Seeking the Vision in the Alaska Range . In: American Alpine Club (Ed.): American Alpine Journal . tape 43 , no. 75 . New York City 2001, ISBN 0-930410-89-0 , pp. 48-56 ( online ).
- ↑ Additional information Super-Action on DVD / BluRay disc publication Man of Steel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Twight, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Twight, Mark Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American climber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |