Chris Hare – Expedition Member
Born 10th Feb 1976
When Chris was 13, he joined the Air Cadets after having a passion for all things aeronautical. From here he started a Duke of Edinburgh award, which got him involved with the mountains. Growing up near the Peak District made it easy for him to follow his passion for the hills.
Most summers from the age of 13 he stayed in the Lake District for at least a week climbing and walking most of the Lakeland Fells.
University opened up new doors on the mountaineering front. He started ‘Lead Climbing’ and joined the University climbing club, which had some strong climbers, this helped develop his climbing grades very quickly.
On his first summer at University he went with 3 others to the Spanish Pyrenees for just over two months, where they climbed numerous routes over 3000m and claimed 14 new routes.
During his second summer of University he went to America and instructed rock climbing to school children for two months.
In 1997, following University, he joined the British Army as an Aircraft Engineer . After initial basic training Chris was fortunate enough to spend six weeks mountaineering in Chamonix before commencing his engineering training. This was his first experience of mountains over 4000m, and one that really gave him a taste for greater peaks.
The following year whilst still in ‘trade training’ he was lucky enough to attend a further four weeks mountaineering in Chamonix, where he was successful in climbing Mont Blanc, his first of three further summits.
During his time in the Army, Chris has furthered his mountaineering experience and gained several qualifications including his Alpine Mountaineering Leader, Rock Climbing Leader and his Klettersteig Leader. Chris has now climbed over thirty of the Alpine 4,000 meter peaks.
In 2003, Chris made his first trip to South America climbing Huayna Potosi at 6088 metres. Chris has subsequently climbed to over 6000 metres in Peru’s challenging Cordillera Blanca, and more recently Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas, and on of the fabled seven summits, (the highest peaks on the seven continents).
In 2007, Chris enjoyed three months in the European Alps leading soldiers up technical peaks as part of the Army Aircorps ambitious golden jubilee attempt to climb all of the Alpine 4000 metre peaks.
In addition to mountaineering, Chris enjoys mountain biking and travelling. His other passions are music and a love of fine wines.
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