Stephen Koch

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Stephen Koch
Born (1968-09-06) September 6, 1968 (age 56)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Adventurer, mountaineer, snowboarder, writer, photographer
Known forFirst person to snowboard on all Seven Summits; pioneer of snowboard mountaineering

Stephen Koch (born September 6, 1968 in San Diego, California) is an American adventurer, extreme snowboarder, mountaineer, and pioneer in the field of snowboard mountaineering, [1] a term he coined. He is best known as the first and only person to snowboard on all Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent. [2] [3] Koch is also the first to snowboard all the major Teton peaks in Wyoming.

Koch has been featured in Outside, Men's Journal , and Sports Illustrated . [4] He has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, [5] MSNBC, and OLN.

He is an author of articles for Alpinist Magazine, Transworld Snowboarding Magazine, Snowboarder, Mountain Zone.com, [6] Men's Journal [7] and American Alpine Journal. His photography work has been published in Men's Journal, Outside Magazine, National Geographic Adventure Magazine, American Alpine Journal, and Alpinist Magazine.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ski and Snowboard Mountaineering Descents" . Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Koch, Stephen. "Slave to the Quest" . Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Stephen Koch Takes on Everest" . Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Koch, Stephen. "The Everest Ride". Archived from the original on April 23, 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Koch, Stephen. "Stephen Koch Interview" . Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Koch, Stephen. "Snowboarding Kilimanjaro, First Descent" . Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  7. ↑ Koch, Stephen. "Avalanche. A Survivor's Story" . Retrieved 17 September 2011.

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