Freddie Wilkinson

Straight outta New Hampshire comes one of the mountain world's top talents, Freddie Wilkinson, with some Yankee wit and a damned funny take on the life of a traveling alpinist.

Join Freddie Here at IME for a signing of his newly released book "One Mountain, Thousand Summits" The untold story of tragedy and true heroism on K2.
Saturday evening July 17, 6-8:00 PM.

Freddie Wilkinson believes that a climbing adventure is only as good as the stories you bring home.  Wilkinson grew up in the flatlands of suburban Connecticut and climbed his first mountain –New Hampshire’s Mount Washington – at age thirteen.  By age 20, Wilkinson had climbed Denali via the Cassin Ridge and  Nepal’s Cholatse via the West Rib.  Since then, he has spent three to four months of every year on expeditions around the globe.  In between traveling, Wilkinson earned a degree in history from Dartmouth College and worked as a climbing guide in New England and Alaska.   In 2007, Wilkinson established new routes on three different mountains on three different continents: Patagonia’s Cerro Poincinot, The Fin in Alaska, and Mount Mahindra in the Indian Himalaya.  That’s pretty good – but Wilkinson still considers himself to be better at telling stories than he is a climbing mountains.  He lives in Madison New Hampshire with his girlfriend Janet Bergman in a 12 x 12 cabin with a view of the White Mountains.

Personal Highlights:

Career Highlights:

• First ascents on Peak 5960 and Mount Mahindra, both in the Miyar Valley, India.
  
• New routes on Cerro Poincinot, Torre Innominata and Desmochada in Patagonia.
  
• Ascents of the Diamond Arete on Mount Hunter, Snow Patrol on Mount Dickey, and The Cassin Ridge on Denali.
  
• A dozen El Cap routes.
  
• Onsights up to 5.12b and M8+.
  
  

2008 Recent Activities:

• Climbed the North faces of Fitzroy, Mount Hunter, and Kangtega.
• First ascents on Peak 5960 and Mount Mahindra, both in the Miyar Valley, India.