20 Facts About Tim Macartney-Snape

Tim Macartney-Snape was born on 5 January 1956 and is an Australian mountaineer and author.

In 1990, Macartney-Snape became the first person to walk and climb from sea level to the top of Mount Everest.

Tim Macartney-Snape is the co-founder of the Sea to Summit range of outdoor and adventure gear and accessories, a guide for adventure travel company World Expeditions and a founding director and patron of the World Transformation Movement.

Tim Macartney-Snape was born in Tanganyika Territory, where he lived on a farm with his Australian father and Irish mother.

Tim Macartney-Snape studied at the Australian National University in Canberra where he joined the ANU Mountaineering Club and obtained a BSc.

In 1978, Tim Macartney-Snape travelled to India as part of the ANUMC's expedition to Dunagiri.

In 1981, Tim Macartney-Snape climbed Ama Dablam via the north ridge with a small lightweight team.

Tim Macartney-Snape reportedly cited this climb as the inspiration for later climbing Everest: "partway up the North ridge of Ama Dablam he looked over and could see Mt Everest and wondered what it might be like to experience the highest point of the world via a new route in good style".

In 1983, Tim Macartney-Snape planned and participated in an expedition to Annapurna II successfully reaching the summit via the first ascent of the south spur.

In 1990, Tim Macartney-Snape returned to Mt Everest with the idea of climbing the mountain from the sea to the summit.

Tim Macartney-Snape trained for the upcoming expedition with demanding runs in the 40-degree heat of the surrounding bush and short, solo climbs on the large boulders around Meekatharra.

Tim Macartney-Snape was joined by Ward, his sister Pip, film-maker Mike Dillon, Nepali cook Tenzing Sherpa and Charles Norwood, who drove a Land Rover with gear for the trek.

Tim Macartney-Snape planned to avoid three large expeditions attempting the South Col route, by climbing Everest via the more difficult West Ridge, then traversing to descend the standard South Col route.

Tim Macartney-Snape reached nearly 7500m on acclimatisation sorties, but bad weather and a strong avalanche risk changed Macartney-Snape's plans to ascend via the South Col route.

In 2010 Tim Macartney-Snape successfully summited a 6,500m unclimbed peak in remote Eastern Nepal with a team that included four members of the ANUMC Himalayan Expedition of 1978 to Dunagiri.

Tim Macartney-Snape is a founding director and patron of the World Transformation Movement, formerly known as the Foundation for Humanity's Adulthood, an organisation dedicated to understanding and ameliorating the human condition.

Several months later they met again where Griffith discussed his ideas with Tim Macartney-Snape and gave him a draft copy of his first book Free: The End of the Human Condition.

Tim Macartney-Snape said that the explanation given in the book for human nature "made total sense".

In 2008 Tim Macartney-Snape was awarded almost $500,000 plus costs for the loss and damage caused by the broadcast, with the total payout expected to exceed $1 million.

Tim Macartney-Snape said "Thirteen years later the truth has caught up with the lie".