Daniel Mazur

Dan Mazur is a mountain climber, expedition leader and tour organizer who specializes in the Himalayan region. He is also the founder and director of the Mountain Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development, which runs projects designed to improve health care, education, cultural preservation, and natural conservation on behalf of mountain communities and ecosystems.. Dan's recent successful expeditions include Everest Nepal 2018, Everest Tibet 2018, and K2 2018. Not only has Dan climbed 8 of our world's 8000 metre / 26,000 foot high peaks, but he has also been involved in rescues of fellow climbers from high altitudes. For his services to mountaineering, to mountain peoples and environments, Mazur received the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal on December 11, 2018 (International Mountain Day), in Pokhara, Nepal. Dan Mazur has been involved in mountain rescues: During the 2018 Broad Peak Expedition, Dan and his team rescued Rick Allen, a British climber who disappeared at night near the summit and whose team mates reported him dead and descended with Rick's satellite phone. Dan and team found Rick Allen alive and brought him down to base camp 3 days later www.KarakoramNews.com . Dan is known for the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber on Mount Everest. Hall had been 'left for dead' by another expedition team the previous day at around 8600 meters on Everest after collapsing and failing to respond to treatment on the descent from the summit. Mazur and his fellow climbers - Andrew Brash (Canada), Myles Osborne (UK) and Jangbu Sherpa (Nepal) - in abandoning their own attempt on the summit in order to save Hall's life, epitomized the noblest traditions of mountaineering, underscored by the death of British climber; David Sharp, who had been abandoned by his team a few days earlier www.LincolnHallTribute.org . A 1 hour NBC television documentary tells the story. On K2, Dan Mazur and his team worked together to rescue Gary Ball from 8300 metres. Gary w