caption website children birth_place nationality article_title birth_date spouse residence prizes image signature name occupation alma_mater
` there is an everest for everyone ' -lsb- http://www.maximechaya.com/ www.maximechaya.com -rsb- edgard & kelly beirut , lebanon lebanese lebanon maxime chaya
 16 december 1961 pascale melhem kesrouani -lrb- poupa -rrb- baabdat , lebanon officer of the national order of the cedar maximechaya.jpg quotemaximeeverest.jpg maxime chaya sportsman corporate ambassador , climber , explorer , professional speaker , london school of economics and political science
maxime chaya

maxime edgard chaya -lrb- born december 16 , 1961 -rrb- is a sportsman , mountaineer and explorer from lebanon .
on may 15 , 2006 , he was the first lebanese to climb mount everest , completing the seven summits challenge .
on december 28 , 2007 , he also became the first from the middle east to reach the south pole on foot from the antarctic coast , after an unsupported and unassisted journey that lasted 47 days .
then , on april 25 , 2009 , he reached the north pole on foot , all the way from canada .
