Jon Muir
Achievements

Jon Muir

Section Title: Achievements
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Year[edit]	Achievements[edit]

1982	Summitted Mont Blanc (4807m) via the Freney Pillar

1982	Summitted Grand Jorasses (4208m) via the Walker Spur.

1982	Summitted Changabang (6864m) via the south-west pillar.

1983	Summitted the Matterhorn (4478m) solo via North Face

1983	Summitted Piz Badile (3370m) solo via the North Face, setting a speed record ascent in the process.

1984	First attempt at climbing Mount Everest (8848m) via the West Ridge.

1985	Completed a winter traverse of Mount Maudit, Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Blanc.

1985	Attempted Mount Shivling via the south-west pillar.

1985	Summitted the Kedarnath Dome (6850m) in a single day.

1986	Summitted Shivling via the south-west pillar.

1986	Again summitted Mont Blanc solo, this time setting a speed record via the Frontier ridge.

1987	Attempted the multi-peak traverse of the Kedarnath Group (Dome 6850m,Peak 7015m, Kirti Bamak 6500m).

1987	Successfully summitted the Kedarnath Group of mountains, with a solo ten-kilometre traverse of the peaks in 41 hours.

1987	Second attempt of Mount Everest via the South Pillar.

1988	Successful summit of Mount Everest from the south as a member of the Australian Bicentennial Expedition. Jon reached the summit alone, and set a record when climbing the south side without sherpas.

1989	Summitted Aconcagua (6960m) in a single day.

1989	Recipient of the Order of Australia for services to mountaineering.

1990	Attempt to again summit Aconcagua via the South Face.

1993	Fourth attempt at Mount Everest via the north-ridge, acting as a guide.

1995	Fifth attempt at Mount Everest via the north-ridge, acting as a guide.

1995	Completed a 900 km sea kayaking trip down the Daintree River to Cape York in 62 days.

1996	Completed a solo waterless 620 km desert trek through Lake Eyre and the Tirari Desert in 34 days, pulling a 260 kg cart.

1997	Attempted an unsupported traverse of Australia.

1999	Reached the South Pole as part of an expedition with Eric Philips and Peter Hillary. Arrived via the Shackleton Glacier, covering a distance of 1500 km over a period of 84 days.

1999	First solo traverse on foot of Australia's largest salt lakes – Lake Eyre, Lake Frome and Lake Gairdner.

2000	Completed an 800 km solo sea-kayaking trip along east coast of the Cape York Peninsula in 52 Days.

2001	First ever unassisted crossing of Australia from Port Augusta to Burketown, covering 2500 km over 128 days.

2001	Australian Geographic Society's Adventurer of the Year.

2002	Reached the North Pole from Siberia, with Eric Philips.

2003	Recipient of the Centenary Medal for contributions made to Australian society.

2004	Sea-kayak hunting and gathering journey with his wife Suzan Muir, covering a distance of 1000 km in 120 days.

2006	Attempted to walk to geographic centre of Australia.

2007	Completed a solo walk to geographic centre of Australia, covering a distance of 1800 km in 70 days.

2011	Lake Eyre, first human powered traverse of wet lake. (With Suzan Muir in double kayak).

2015	Attempting Little Sandy and Gibson desert solo trip in Australia

Sentence(s)

In 1984, Jon Muir climbed Mount Everest (8848m), on his first attempt, via the West Ridge.

final_sentence: In 1984, Jon Muir climbed Mount Everest (8848m), on his first attempt, via the West Ridge.