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Simone Moro has demonstrated immense skill, determination, and a commitment to helping others.
His numerous accomplishments in the world of mountaineering, as well as his philanthropic efforts, have solidified his status as an inspiring figure in the climbing community.
Simone Moro’s Biography
Simone Moro was born on October 27, 1967, in Bergamo, Italy. Growing up in the borough of Valtesse, Moro developed a passion for the mountains at a young age.
His father, an excellent climber and cyclist, supported him in his endeavours and created a vibrant and multinational environment. Moro began climbing on the Presolana and other Bergamasque Alps massifs when he was 13 years old.
Moro’s climbing career began in the Grigne, close to his hometown, with his father as his first guide. He was then guided by veteran climbers Alberto Cosonni and Bruno Tassi.
Moro’s primary emphasis was rock climbing, but he never lost his love of the mountains. He set off on his first Himalayan trek to Mount Everest in 1992. He successfully climbed Aconcagua the following year.
Moro led expeditions to numerous mountains throughout the 1990s, including Cerro Mirador, Makalu, Shishapangma, Lhotse, and Kangchenjunga.
Moro achieved a remarkable achievement in 1996 when he climbed the west wall of Fitz Roy in Patagonia in just 25 hours. He also climbed Shishapangma South without oxygen, descending on skis.
However, tragedy struck in 1997, when his climbing companions Anatoli Boukreev and Dimitri Sobolev were killed in an avalanche while tackling the South face of Annapurna.
Moro remained undeterred by the difficulties he faced. He climbed four peaks in 1998: Pik Lenin, Peak Korzhenevskaya, Ismoil Somoni Peak, and Pik Khan Tengri. He then conquered Everest in 2000 and Marble Wall in the winter of 2001.
Moro’s list of accomplishments grew longer as time passed. Notably, in 2005, he accomplished the first winter ascents of Shishapangma, Makalu, Gasherbrum II, and Nanga Parbat.
No other climber in history has made more first-winter ascents than an eight-thousander. Moro has also reached the summit of Everest four times, in 2000, 2002, 2006, and 2010.
Moro is a skilled helicopter pilot in addition to his climbing job. In 2013, he took part in the world’s highest long-line rescue operation from a helicopter on Mount Lhotse (7800m). In 2015, he set a new world record for helicopter flight height.
Moro’s desire to help others led him to participate in rescue missions in the Nepalese Himalayas.
He purchased a helicopter with his own money in 2009 to conduct search and rescue operations for Nepalese citizens. Moro has used the aircraft to rescue climbers, sherpas, trekkers, and civilians in remote places on numerous occasions.
Moro has been involved in philanthropic endeavours in addition to his climbing and rescue activities. He founded and built a school for Sherpa children in the Nepalese village of Syadul, with the goal of preventing early school abandonment in the area.
In addition, he supported the construction of a modest brick structure for shepherds as well as a tiny hospital in the village of Ser, near the Nanga Parbat base camp in Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region.
Who Is Simone Moro’s First Wife?
Simone Moro’s first wife is known as Barbara Moro. She was born in 1972 inย Bolzano, Italy.
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