NOLS Grad Pete Athans Honored

This past weekend renowned mountaineer and NOLS grad Pete Athans received the Tenzing Norgay Award at the annual dinner of the Explorers Club in New York City. In honoring Pete the club noted that his name has become synonymous with exploration of Mount Everest having participated in fifteen expeditions to the world’s highest peak and achieving the summit seven times. Pete is also very interested in Sherpa culture and has begun exploration in Tibet and Western China.

NOLS executive director, John Gans was also at the banquet where he represented NOLS. While there he met a number of NOLS alumni including Britton Keeshan. Britton made history this past summer when, at age 21, he became the youngest person ever to achieve the highest summit on all seven continents.

Bruce Palmer, NOLS marketing director