Steve House

Steve House (born 1970) is an American professional climber and mountain guide from La Grande, Oregon.

Biography

House earned a Bachelor of Science in ecology from The Evergreen State College in 1995. He has been a fully Union Internationale des Associations de Guides de Montagnes-certified guide since 1999, and is the seventh American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) guide to complete the certification. In the past, House has guided with the Exum Mountain Guides, the American Alpine Institute, and North Cascades Mountain Guides. He now guides independently and is based in Central Oregon, near Bend. His primary work is as an ambassador for the technical outdoor clothing company, Patagonia, where he works with both marketing and product design, development, and testing. He has been a Patagonia ambassador since 1997.

Alpine climbing

He is vocal in his support of "alpine style" climbs, which involve travelling quickly with little gear, and leaving no gear on the mountain. When, in 2004, the Russian team won the 14th Piolet d'Or for their ascent of the north face of Jannu, he criticized the team for using months to climb the face while setting up fixed ropes, and for leaving 77 ropes behind on the mountain. [ [http://www.grivelnorthamerica.com/headlines.php?id=27] . 14th Piolet d'Or. URL accessed June 25, 2006.]

He is widely considered to be the most influential and accomplished alpinist of his generation.Fact|date=August 2008 Reinhold Messner is reported to have saidFact|date=August 2008 that Steve House is the best alpinist ever to come out of North America.

Notable climbs

*2003 "The Talkeetna Standard", Eye Tooth, Alaska Range, Alaska, USA; FA V 5.9 WI5 1000m with Jeff Hollenbaugh [cite book | last = Hollenbaugh | first = Jeff | authorlink =
coauthors = John Harlin III, editor | title = The American Alpine Journal 2004
publisher = American Alpine Club | date = 2004
location = New York City, New York, USA | pages = 201-203 | url = | doi = | id =
isbn = 0-939410-95-5]
*2003 "Roberts-Rowell-Ward Route", Mt. Dickey, Alaska Range, Alaska, USA; second ascent VI 5.9 A2 1675m with Jeff Hollenbaugh [cite book | last = Hollenbaugh | first = Jeff | authorlink =
coauthors = John Harlin III, editor | title = The American Alpine Journal 2004
publisher = American Alpine Club | date = 2004
location = New York City, New York, USA | pages = 201-203 | url = | doi = | id =
isbn = 0-939410-95-5]
*2004 "Southwest Face", K7, Charakusa Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan (second ascent of the mountain, first ascent of route) (VI 5.10a M6 A2 80 degrees, 2400m), solo. For this ascent he won the People's Award for the 14th Piolet d'Or. [cite web | last = Hollenbaugh
first = Jeff | authorlink = | coauthors =
title = CHARAKUSA VALLEY | work = Alpinist
publisher = Alpinist Magazine | date = December 1, 2004
url = http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP09/climbing-note-hollenbaugh
format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-12 ]
*2005 "Central Pillar of the Rupal Face", (4100m, M5 X, 5.9, WI4), September 1-8, on Nanga Parbat in northern Pakistan with Vince Anderson. Completed in a little over a week (a very short period of time in comparison with many large alpine climbs), the climb won him and Anderson the Piolet d'Or. Steve House's account was published in [http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP16/zero-house Alpinist Magazine-Issue 16] , in which he describes the ascent as the culmination of "years of a physical and psychological journey."
*2007 K7 West (6858m), Charakusa Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan FA of peak with Vince Anderson and Marko Prezelj. [cite web | last = Bauer
first = Luke | authorlink = | coauthors =
title = PREZELJ, HOUSE, ANDERSON TICK K7 WEST | work = Alpinist
publisher = Alpinist Magazine | date = September 4, 2007
url = http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web07f/newswire-charakusa-k7-west
format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-12 ]
*2008 House-Anderson (WI5+ M8 R/X, 1000m), North Face, Mount Alberta (3619m), Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. FA of route with Vince Anderson, March 26-28, 2008 [cite web | last = Anderson
first = Vince | authorlink = | coauthors =
title = New House-Anderson Line on Wintry Mt. Alberta | work = Alpinist
publisher = Alpinist Magazine | date = April 1, 2008
url = http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web08s/newswire-alberta-wintry-house-anderson
format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-08-17 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.patagonia.com/stevehouse House's ambassador page at Patagonia.com]
* [http://www.ncmountainguides.com/stevehouse/ House's Bio at North Cascades Mountain Guides]
* [http://www.grivelnorthamerica.com/ambassadors.php?id=2 House's Bio at Grivel]
* [http://www.planetmountain.com/english/Special/people/House/ Interview with House concerning the K7 ascent]
* [http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,361,0,1,climbers.html/ Steve House - climber's profile]