Adrian Ballinger

Adrian Ballinger born February 25 1976 is a BritishAmerican certified mountain guide sponsored climber and skier Ballinger is the founder and CEO of Alpenglow Expeditions and has been guiding fulltime for 25 years He has led over 150 international climbing expeditions on six continents and made 18 successful summits of 8000m peaks He is known for pioneering the use of preacclimatization for commercial expeditions as early as 2012 Adrian is the only American to have made three successful ski descents of 8000m peaks including the first ski descent of Manaslu from its summit He is also the fourth American to have summited both Mount Everest and K2 without the use of supplemental oxygen