Alan HinkesOBE (April 26, 1954- ) is a Britishmountaineer from Northallerton in North Yorkshire. He is the first and only British mountaineer to have summited all 14 mountains with elevations greater than 8000 metres, the so-called Eight-thousanders. He summited the last one, Kangchenjunga, on May 30, 2005. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... Map sources for Northallerton at grid reference SE3794 Northallerton is the county town of North Yorkshire, England. ... Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Makalu and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station. ... Kanchenjunga (also called Kangchenjunga, Kangchen Dzö-nga, Khangchendzonga, Kanchenjanga, Kachendzonga, or Kangchanfanga) is the third highest mountain in the world and the second highest in Nepal, located in the Taplejung district. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Alan has already climbed 13 of the 14 8000m peaks, if successful on Kangchenjunga in the coming weeks he will be come the first Briton to have stood on all of the world's highest peaks and only the twelfth globally.
Alan will be flying out to the Himalaya at the end of March to climb Kangchenjunga and if successful will enter the history books as the first Briton and only one of 12 people to have stood at the top of all of the worlds 8000m peaks.
Alan comments: "Kangchenjunga lies at the eastern extreme of the Himalaya and is exposed to exceptionally bad weather conditions as the monsoon period moves in.
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