We are deeply saddened by the death of michael gardner: Michael george gardner, a beloved husband, father, and friend, passed away peacefully on october 11, 2024, at the age of 64. A great alpinist and a vibrant life.
Colorado Climber Michael Gardner Dies in Fall On Nepal Mountain at 32
Michael was on an expedition funded by the aac's cutting edge grant, attempting the unclimbed north face of jannu east in nepal with his long time climbing partner sam hennessey, when he fell to his death on october 7th, 2024.
American mountain climber michael gardner died on jannu's—or kumbhakarna—main peak, which is the 32nd highest in the world at 7,711 meters (over 25,000 feet).
Colorado native michael gardner, 32, died monday while climbing nepal's jannu east mountain, according to gardner's sponsor arc'teryx. In an instagram post, the outdoor apparel company confirmed Gardner's death was attributed to a fall that took place on october 7, though details related to what caused that fall are yet to be released. Professional climber michael gardner was involved in a climbing accident on oct.
7, 2024, which tragically led to his death at the age of 32. We are deeply saddened to share that our dear friend and arc'teryx athlete michael gardner passed away while climbing jannu east in the mountains of nepal earlier this week, arc'teryx, a climbing gear company that had been sponsoring michael, wrote in Michael gardner/instagram man, 40, falls 200 feet to his death while canyoneering at zion national park in utah gardner is survived by his mother colleen and his sister megan, according to American alpinist mike gardner, who was with climbing partner sam hennessey, has died following an accident on jannu east in the himalaya.
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According to alpine mag, hennessey was able to descend with another group of climbers comprised of benjamin vedrines, leo billon
Professional alpine climber michael gardner has died at age 32 following a fall. Gardner and his longtime climbing partner, sam hennessey , were trekking up the jannu east mountain in nepal on Two of his attempts were with gardner. Hennessey had received an american alpine club cutting edge grant for this project.
In the arcteryx video below, he describes himself as a climber, skier, but most of all, as a skateboarder. Gardner's death was attributed to a fall that took place on october 7, though details related to what caused that fall are yet to be released. Professional climber michael gardner was involved in a climbing accident on oct. 7, 2024, which tragically led to his death at the age of 32.
We are deeply saddened to share that our dear friend and arc'teryx athlete michael gardner passed away while climbing jannu east in the mountains of nepal earlier this week, arc'teryx, a climbing gear company that had been sponsoring michael, wrote in
Michael gardner and sam hennessy during a historic descent of the south face of denali, ak in may 2024. The ski community is mourning an enormous loss as we learn of the passing of american ski alpinist michael gardner while climbing jannu east in nepal this week. Gardner sustained a fatal fall while climbing with longtime mountain partner, sam A screenshot of michael gardner's instagram account.
A colorado mountain climber fell to his death while descending the jannu east peak in nepal this month, during a third attempt at Gardner's death has sent shockwaves through the global mountaineering community, with tributes pouring in from fellow climbers, friends, and family. According to climbing magazine, the mountain climber fell on jannu east in nepal's kanchenjunga region on monday, oct. 7.his climbing partner sam hennessey was with him.
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It was gardner's second attempt at climbing the mountain's north face.
Gardner's sponsor, clothing company arc'teryx, mourned him. Michael gardner died in a fall on jannu east (7,468m), in nepal's kangchenjunga region, on october 7. Michael gardner was 16 at the time, but his father's death didn't deter him from climbing and skiing in the mountains and he, too, became an exum mountain guide. His guiding apprenticeship began informally, with his first mountaineering trips at age eight, with his father and saw him become one of the youngest guides in the united states
This feature story by michael gardner originally appeared in alpinist 77 (spring 2022). On october 7, 2024, gardner fell to his death while attempting jannu east (7648m) with his close friend and longtime partner sam hennessey, who made it down safely with another team of climbers. The details of the accident are still unknown and his body is yet to be found at the time of this writing. Mickey was born on november 19, 1
However, something happened during their descent:
American sam hennessey called for their help after partner mike gardner suffered […] the post tragedy on jannu: American mike gardner falls to Details of the accident are still emerging
