Valentyn Sypavin
 Valentyn Sypavin on Everest | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Valentyn Viktorovych Sypavin | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1983 Kharkiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Professional climber | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | Alpomania | |||||||||||||||||
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Valentyn Viktorovych Sypavin (born 3 August 1983, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian mountaineer and ice climber, who has summited Mount Everest six times. Following ten rope fixers, who summited on the evening of May 10, 2024, Sypavin became the first foreigner to summit, along with the legendary Sanu Sherpa, during the 2024 season on May 11, 2024 at 4:00 am. In 2013, Sypavin became the third in the overall UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup and came second in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships.
Climbing career
[edit]Sypavin started ice climbing in 2008 when he began training and actively participating in competition ice climbing events. He also established several dry-tooling venues in Crimea.[1][2]
Sypavin later started working as a mountain guide and founded his own adventure company called Alpomania.[3]
He is a Guinness World Record holder in the highest attitude kayaking, which he did at 6370 meters in Atacama, Chile, on 4 January 2020.[4]
In 2022, Sypavin led the first Ukrainian Antarctic expedition to the Vinson Massif.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Sypavin has worked as a fire service trainer,[6] and also used to work as a university teacher.
Rankings
[edit]Ice Climbing World Championships
[edit]| 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | |
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| Lead | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Ice Climbing World Cup
[edit]| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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| Overall | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10-11 |
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Notable ascents
[edit]- Mount Everest five times summiteer: 16.05.2017,[7] 15.05.2018,[8] 23.05.2019,[9][10] 23.05.2021,[11] 19.05.2023[12][13]
- K2 - Summer 2021[14]
- Lhotse - 2021, 2023.
- Denali - 5-day speed ascent with Irina Halay in 2017[15]
- Aconcagua
- Kilimanjaro
- Mount Vinson
- Ojos del Salado, the world's highest volcano
- Pico de Orizaba
- Demavend
References
[edit]- ^ Valentyn Sypavin - Ukrainian
- ^ Есть первые драйтулинговые маршруты на Украине
- ^ Alpomania company
- ^ "Highest altitude kayaking". Guinness World Records. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
The highest altitude kayaking is 6,370 m (20,898.91 ft) and was achieved by Valentyn Sypavin (Ukraine) in Atacama, Chile, on 4 January 2020
- ^ ICTV newsTSN News
- ^ Kennedy, Tristian (10 May 2022). "Beyond the Front Lines, Ukrainian Mountaineer aids War Effort". UKClimbing. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Валентин Сипавин на ЭВЕРЕСТЕ !!!
- ^ Харьковчанин Валентин Сипавин второй раз поднялся на вершину Эвереста!
- ^ Everest 2019: Summit Wave 5 Recap – 3 Deaths
- ^ Три украинских альпиниста взошли на вершину Эвереста!
- ^ Украинские альпинисты поднялись на Эверест: харьковчанин Валентин Сипавин установил национальный рекорд
- ^ Everest 2023 Summit List
- ^ MOUNT EVEREST. A BLUE AND YELLOW FLAG. UNITED24
- ^ “I Found One of the Bodies on K2” — An Exclusive Report
- ^ Irina Halay on the “Ukrainian Express” to the top of America