| 词条 | Tim Emmett |
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Tim Emmett is a British-born adventure climber. One of the world's top all around climbers, practicing in ice, mixed, rock, deep-water solo, traditional, alpine (styles of climbing) and para-alpinism. Life Achievements in climbing are: - 1st Ascent of Interstellar Spice at Helmcken Falls, Canada, the first Ice Climb graded WI 12 in the World. [1]- Nomination for Piolet D'or for climbing Kedar Dome in Pakistan with Ian Parnell 2006.- Red Bull White Cliffs Champion in 2015. [2]- 3 times Ice Climbing World Cup Speed Climbing podium.- Climbing "Superman" F8c+ [3]Early lifeEmmett started climbing on a school trip at the age of 15, to a local British crag called Chudleigh. He went on to study Marine Zoology at Bangor University, North Wales in 1993 and featured on the magazine cover - "On The Edge" at 20. ClimbingA pioneer of Deep-water soloing, climbing without ropes or gear, using the ocean as the safety net. In 2003, a short film 'Psicobloc' by American brothers Josh and Brett Lowell on the sport went on to win awards globally.[4][5] With para-alpinism, he merged two high adventure sports together—BASE jumping and big wall climbing. After ascending a large wall on vertical rock, he put a parachute on to descend down. Only a handful of people do this type of climbing, and he himself retired from it at the age of 40 due to its high risk. MediaEmmett has appeared in more than 50 magazines that of which include Outside Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Gripped, Grip, Desnivel, GQ and others. He is a well-renowned inspirational speaker for students and fellow adventure sportsmen. He has presented the Duke Of Edinburgh Award three times at St. James's Palace. Television appearancesEmmett has made frequent appearances on the BBC both as a presenter and guest. Appearances include: "Ultimate Rock Climb" with Julia Bradbury, "The Great Climb" with fellow British climber Dave MacLeod and "Top Gear" with Jeremy Clarkson racing up a mountain with Leo Houlding. Tim has also worked with Steve Backshall on his children's show and personally partnered with him on a trip to Baffin Island in 2012. References1. ^https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/tim-emmett-and-klemen-premrl-climb-interstellar-spice-at-helmcken-falls.html 2. ^https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/red-bull-white-cliffs-2015-the-results 3. ^https://gripped.com/news/tim-emmett-sends-superman-5-14c-west-coast/ 4. ^http://www.bigupproductions.com/films/dosage-ii/ 5. ^http://www.redbull.com/ca/en/adventure/stories/1331681186362/chris-sharma-talks-deep-water-soloing-climbing External links
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