Robert M. Anderson

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Robert Anderson, 41, began mountain climbing in his native state of Colorado, USA. He attended Outward Bound at 16 and within two years had made some of the longer technical rock climbs in North America, including four ascents of the Diamond in Colorado , and El Capitan and Half Dome in California's Yosemite Valley.

In 1977 he moved to Norway, making more than 50 new climbs in the Trollryggen area of the Romsdal Valley. While studying at the University of London he completed a solo winter ascent of the Matterhorn. He also made a solo ascent of 22,200-foot Huascaren in the Peruvian Andes.

In 1985 he joined 20 members of an American Expedition to climb on the West Ridge Direct on Mount Everest. Returning from Everest. He returned to Mount Everest in 1988, as part of a four-man team that succeeded in a new route on the 12,000 foot Kangshung Face.

In 1991, Anderson set out on a solo quest of the Seven Summits. The story of his quest is chronicled in To Everest via Antarctica (Penguin).

Last September, Anderson reached the summit of Shishapangma (8,012 meters, 26,300 feet) in Tibet.