Mark Synnott

'''Mark Synnott''' is an American professional rock climber and author. He is an internationally certified mountain guide and member of The North Face athlete team.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Impossible Climb|last=Synnott|first=Mark|publisher=Dutton|year=2019}}</ref> Synnott specializes in remote first ascents of big-wall climbs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/mark-synnott-life-vertical/|title=Mark Synnott {{!}} Life on the Vertical|last=Society|first=National Geographic|date=2018-09-07|website=National Geographic Society|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>

== Books == Synnott has climbed frequently with fellow The North Face athlete Alex Honnold, who is famous for free solo climbing El Capitan in 2017. Honnold's daring ascent inspired Synnott's best-selling book ''The Impossible Climb'', a part memoir, part historical account of climbing history and the ground-breaking first free solo of El Capitan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/books/review/mark-synnott-impossible-climb-alex-honnold.html|title=Chills, Thrills and Spills: How Alex Honnold Conquered El Capitan|last=Braverman|first=Blair|date=2019-03-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-17|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2021, Synnott published ''The Third Pole'', documenting his 2019 expedition with Renan Ozturk to search for the body of Sandy Irvine on Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite web | title=One Man's Attempt to Solve a Mystery at the Top of Mount Everest | website=The New York Times | date=April 13, 2021 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/books/review/the-third-pole-mark-synnott.html | access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>

== Climbing == Synnott is known for groundbreaking first ascents around the world. He often documents these trips for National Geographic and The North Face.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Last Honey Hunter|work=National Geographic}}</ref> One such first ascent was climbing Mount Weiassipu, Guyana on an expedition where he led a team of climbers including Alex Honnold to the top of the tepui to help Dr Bruce Means find new species of frogs. Their journey was documented in ''Explorer: The Last Tepui'' by National Geographic and was released on Disney+ on Friday 22 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explorer: The Last Tepui review: A thrilling trek up a remote mountain |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433833-200-explorer-the-last-tepui-review-a-thrilling-trek-up-a-remote-mountain/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref>

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