Mt. Everest 2005: Michael Frank has summited Everest 5/21/2005! Team Alongi 2005

Update 5/21/2005: Michael Frank summited Everest at 10.40 AM Nepal time on May 21, 2005!! He summited with his two Sherpas DaNgima, and Lhapka from Arun trekking. !

Michael Frank - Seattle, Washington

Michael started out as a rock climber in New Mexico before moving to Seattle in the late 80’s, where he discovered alpine climbing. Michael was on the first ascent climb with Ambrose of Cerro Tillman on the Patagonian Ice Cap and has done several peaks in the Canadian Rockies. In addition to climbing Michael is an avid cyclist and runner having completed 4 marathons and numerous 100+ mile bicycle rides, in addition to completing RAMROD 3 times, a 154 mile ride around Mt. Rainier in one day with 10,000 feet of elevation gain!  He currently works at Boeing as a Software Engineer.

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