Arnold Coster

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Arnold Coster (born Arnold Schiedam, 1976, Netherlands) is a Dutch mountaineer.

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Educated as a mechanical engineer, he became intensely involved with climbing at a young age when he started climbing in the Alps. He moved to Nepal in 2003 to follow his passion of mountaineering. [1]

Coster has summited 5 of the 14 peaks above 8000m. In 2010 he became the first person from the Netherlands to summit Makalu (8481 m). [2]

Arnold Coster is currently living full time in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is married to fellow mountaineer Maya Sherpa.[ citation needed ]

Expeditions led

YearPeakCountrySeasonRoute
2004Everest Tibet 8848mChinaSpringNorth col Route
2004Cho Oyu 8201mChinaAutumnNorth-West ridge
2005Everest Nepal 8848mNepalSpringSouth col route
2005Cho Oyu 8201mChinaAutumnNorth-West ridge
2005Everest Nepal 8848mNepalSpringSouth col route
2005Mt Kenya, Neillion 5188mKenyaWinterNeillion SW Face
2006Kilimanjaro 5895mTanzaniaWinterUmbwe Route
2006Shishapangma 8027mChinaAutumnNorth ridge
2007Everest Nepal 8848mNepalSpringNorth col Route
2007Mustagh Ata 7541mChinaSummerWest face "Tashi" route
2007Cho Oyu 8201mChinaAutumnNorth-West ridge
2008Everest Nepal 8848mNepalSpringSouth col route
2008Khan Tengri 7010mKyrgyzstanSummerSouth Route
2009Everest Nepal 8848mNepalSpringNorth col route
2009Mustagh Ata 7541mChinaSummerWest face "Tashi" route
2009Cho Oyu 8201mChinaAutumnNorth-West ridge
2009Baruntse 7244mNepalAutumnSouth Ridge
2010Makalu 8481mNepalSpringMakalu La North Face
2011Everest Tibet 8848mChinaSpringNorth col Route
2011Mustagh Ata 7541mChinaSummerWest face "Tashi" route
2011Cho Oyu 8201mChinaAutumnNorth-West ridge
2011Baruntse 7244mNepalAutumnSouth Ridge
2012Mt Kenya, Neillion 5188mKenyaWinterNeillion SW Face
2012Kilimanjaro 5895mTanzaniaSummerRongai Route
2012Lothse 8586mNepalSpringWest Face Couloir
2012Mustagh Ata 7541mChinaSummerWest face "Tashi" route
2012Dhaulagiri 8167mNepalAutumnNorth East Ridge
2012Aconcagua 6959mArgentinaSummerNorth East Route
2012Ama Dablam 6856mNepalAutumnSouth West Ridge
2013Everest Tibet 8848mChinaSpringNorth col Route
2013Gasherbrum I 8068mPakistanSummerJapanese Couloir
2013Gasherbrum II 8035mPakistanSummerSouth West Ridge
2014Kilimanjaro 5895mTanzaniaWinterLemosho Route
2014Everest South 8848mNepalSpringSouth Col Route
2014Manaslu 8156mNepalAutumnNorth East Face
2015Everest South 8848mNepalSpringSouth Col Route
2015Stok Kangri 6153mIndiaSummerNormal Route
2015Kang Yatse II 6200MIndiaSummerNW ridge
2015Everest South 8848mNepalSpringSouth Col Route
2015Manaslu 8156mNepalAutumnNorth East Face
2015Ama Dablam 6856mNepalAutumnSouth West Ridge
2016AconcaguaArgentinaSummerNorth East Route
2016Everest 8848mNepalSpringSouth Col Route
2016Manaslu 8163mNepalAutumnNE- Ridge
2016Amadablam 6812mNepalAutumnSW-Ridge
2017Aconcagua 6962mArgentinaSummerNormal
2017Everest 8848mChinaSpringNNE- Ridge
2017Manaslu 8163NepalAutumnNE-Ridge
2017Amadablam 6812mNepalAutumnSW-Ridge
2017Cholaste 6640mNepalAutumnSW-Ridge
2018Carstensz Pyramid 4884mIndonesiaJanuaryNormal
2018Everest 8848mChinaSpringNNE-Ridge
2018Manaslu 8163NepalAutumnNE-Ridge
2018Amadablam 6812mNepalAutumnSW-Ridge

References

  1. "De eerste bergbeklimming van Arnold Coster". Bergwijzer (in Dutch). 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. "Eider - Arnold Coster summited Makalu (8 463 m)". Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-04-05.

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