# Kevin Thaw

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{{short description|British rock climber and mountaineer (born 1967)}}
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'''Kevin Thaw''' (born 1967 in [Uppermill](/source/Uppermill), [Saddleworth](/source/Saddleworth), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire)) is a British [rock climber](/source/rock_climber) and [mountaineer](/source/mountaineer).

Thaw has climbed notable routes and added many first ascents since commencing in Britain's [Peak District](/source/Peak_District) then relocating to [California](/source/California) and journeying extensively through: [Yosemite](/source/Yosemite), [El Capitan](/source/El_Capitan), Argentine [Patagonia](/source/Patagonia), the [Himalaya](/source/Himalaya), [Alaska](/source/Alaska), [Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies), [Alps](/source/Alps), [Mount Everest](/source/Mount_Everest) North side, summit June 2007.

In 2007, he joined the Altitude Everest Expedition 2007, led by renowned American climber and mountaineer, [Conrad Anker](/source/Conrad_Anker), retracing the last steps of legendary British climber, [George Mallory](/source/George_Mallory), on Everest.

==Notable ascents==
* 1997 ''Continental Drift'', [El Capitan](/source/El_Capitan), Yosemite, CA, USA  FA with Steve Gerberding and [Conrad Anker](/source/Conrad_Anker)<ref>{{cite book  | last = Schneider  | first = Steve  
  | title = The American Alpine Journal | publisher = American Alpine Club | year = 1988  | location = New York, NY, USA  | isbn = 0-930410-78-5  | page = 187 }}</ref>
* 2005 ''Southwest Ridge'', Cholatse, [Khumbu](/source/Khumbu) region, [Nepal](/source/Nepal) - summit attained with [Conrad Anker](/source/Conrad_Anker), Kris Erickson, John Griber and Abby Watkins on 12 May 2005.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = The Himalayan Cataract Project team Summits Cholatse!
  | work = MountEverest.net
  | publisher = ExplorersWeb
  | date = 12 May 2005
  | url = http://www.mounteverest.net/story/TheHimalayanCataractProjectteamSummitsCholatseMay122005.shtml
  | access-date = 1 September 2009
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081011182031/http://www.mounteverest.net/story/TheHimalayanCataractProjectteamSummitsCholatseMay122005.shtml
  | archive-date = 11 October 2008
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070512131851/http://www.ueverest.com/ Altitude Everest Expedition 2007]

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Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:British rock climbers
Category:British mountain climbers
Category:People from Saddleworth
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Category:Sportspeople from Yorkshire

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