About Summit Xperience

Gavin Attwood, Founder Summit Xperience

Gavin Attwood has been an avid mountaineer all of his life. Born in the UK, he was a frequent visitor and climber in the English Lake District, Welsh mountains and rugged Scottish Highlands. He also made ascents of many peaks in the Austrian and French Alps.

Gavin immigrated to New Zealand in the early 1990's and taught Outdoor Pursuits to high school students. After meeting his Colorado-born wife, Amy, he settled in Lakewood, Colorado and has climbed, skied and run the trails of the beautiful Rocky Mountains. He has twice run the Pikes Peak marathon, competed in three 'Ironman' distance triathlons and two triathlon World Championships.

Gavin was a member of the team that guided six blind Tibetan teenagers to 22,000ft on the north side of Mt Everest in 2004. The documentary of that expedition ‘Blindsight’ has won awards at several film festivals including Toronto, AFI in Los Angeles, Berlin, London and Sydney. It was released in the US in 2008.

In 2007, Gavin joined the Project Himalaya team to make an attempt on Mt Everest from the north (Tibetan) side. He was turned around due to problems with his oxygen system at about 28,500ft on his summit push and subsequently endured a grueling and dangerous decent to safety out of the ‘Death Zone’. He will no doubt make a second attempt on Mt Everest at some point in the future.

In 2008 he successfully climbed to the summit of Mt Aconcagua, 23,000ft in Argentina and one of the famous '7 Summits'.

Amy Attwood

Gavin's wife Amy is also a member of the Summit Xperience team. Amy works with our clients and local outfitters before the expeditions to ensure that all logistical and financial matters are in place to ensure a successful expedition. Amy also updates the Summit Xperience website with the dispatches when the team is overseas.

 

Kevin Cherilla

Kevin has led expeditions on six continents and over 20 countries. His teams have been featured on the front cover of TIME, Outside, Climbing, and Weekly Reader magazines, and on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Jay Leno, and many world news programs including CNN.

On June 5, 2007, Kevin fulfilled one of his life long dreams and personally reached the summit of Mt. Everest.

 

Presentations

Gavin is available for presentations to your group or organization. He will show amazing slides and tell stories of his adventures around the world. Here are some testimonials given by people who have attented some of Gavin's past presentations.