{{Short description|British mountain climber}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Annabelle Bond''' OBE<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themarque.com/profile/annabelle-bond-obe|title=Annabelle Bond OBE|website=THE MARQUE|language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> (born 1969) is a British socialite,<ref name="bloomberg1">{{cite news |last1=Hurtado |first1=Patricia |first2=Bob |last2=Van Voris |date=25 April 2013 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-24/steel-partners-ceo-sues-ex-spear-leeds-chief-over-support.html |title=Steel Partners CEO Sues Ex-Spear Leeds Chief Over Support |website=Bloomberg News |accessdate=30 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/millionaires-clash-over-socialites-child-support-claims/ |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Peter |last=Lattman |title=Millionaires Clash Over Socialite's Child Support Claims |date=25 April 2013}}</ref> international adventurer and activist,<ref>{{cite web |title=Annabelle Bond OBE |url=https://www.themarque.com/profile/annabelle-bond-obe |website=The Marque}}</ref> who came to prominence after climbing the summit of Mount Everest on 15 May 2004, making her the fourth British woman to do so.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1022982004 |title=Bond ambition |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=1 September 2004 |accessdate=30 July 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609155019/http://www.scotsman.com/news/bond-ambition-1-551836 |archivedate=9 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2005 she became the fastest woman and fourth-fastest person to ever climb all Seven Summits,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/25/duncancampbell|title=The name's Bond - she's the fastest woman to climb seven of world's peaks|last=Campbell|first=Duncan|date=2005-05-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> when she climbed them in 360 days.<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/focus-annabelle-bond-why-i-am-so-lucky-to-be-alive-492437.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/focus-annabelle-bond-why-i-am-so-lucky-to-be-alive-492437.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Focus: Annabelle Bond - Why I am so lucky to be alive|date=2005-05-29|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her televised climb of Everest portrayed her as the glamorous blonde who brought her lipstick to the summit of Everest.<ref name="independent.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite news |first1=Patrick |last1=Hosking |first2=Chris |last2=Johnston |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1880011_2,00.html |title=The Times |newspaper=The Times |accessdate=30 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000537/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2094-1880011_2%2C00.html |archivedate=5 December 2008}}</ref>
She heads the Eve Appeal to raise money for <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4578315.stm|title=Seven summits record breaker home|date=2005-05-25|access-date=2019-01-27|language=en-GB}}</ref>ovarian cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/3353921/Ovarian-Cancer-the-silent-killer.html|title=Ovarian Cancer: the silent killer|last=Dixon|first=Suzi|date=2008-03-24|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> She is the daughter of British banker Sir John Bond.<ref name="bloomberg1"/>
On 17 June 2006 Bond was appointed an OBE <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hk.asiatatler.com/people/annabelle-bond|title=Annabelle Bond|last=Tatler|first=Hong Kong|date=2015-01-05|website=Hong Kong Tatler|language=en-HK|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref>(Civil Division) for services to mountaineering and to the Eve Appeal.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58014 |date=17 June 2006 |page=9 |supp=y}}</ref>
Bond has a daughter with Warren Lichtenstein and has become a successful child support plaintiff, obtaining an order for more than $500,000 per year from a Hong Kong court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dealbreaker.com/2013/04/steel-partners-ceo-not-feeling-so-amicable-toward-his-ex-wife-her-current-boyfriend-anymore/ |first=Bess |last=Levin |title=Steel Partners CEO Not Feeling So Amicable Toward His Ex-Wife, Her Current Boyfriend Anymore |website=Dealbreaker.com |date=24 April 2013 |accessdate=30 July 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.annabellebond.com Annabelle Bond official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Annabelle}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:English mountain climbers Category:Summiteers of the Seven Summits Category:British summiteers of Mount Everest Category:British female climbers Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire