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STEWART SMITH
Texan
Attorney, World-Class Mountaineer and LTrek Featured
Adventurer, Stewart Smith, was the first American and
seventh person in the world to climb the highest summit on
each continent and trek to both the North Pole and South
Pole, an achievement otherwise known as the “Adventure Grand
Slam.”
Stewart
finished the “Adventure Grand Slam” on December 28, 2004.
Stewart reached the North Pole in April 2004 on a last
degree trip organized and led by Borge Ousland. Stewart
summited Mt. Everest on May 16, 2002. His first of the
Seven Summits was Kilimanjaro in August 1987, and the final
one was Vinson Massif in December 2003.
Stuart
has enjoyed travel and mountain climbing for many years, and
he has combined those two hobbies into trips all over the
world. Some of the mountains he has climbed include Cho Oyu
in Tibet (the sixth highest mountain in the world at 26,906
feet), Gasherbrum II in Pakistan (the thirteenth highest
mountain in the world at 26,340 feet) which he did without
using supplemental oxygen, and Mt. Everest, the highest
mountain in the world. He has also climbed in Argentina,
Peru, Mexico, Chile, Russia, Tanzania, Antarctica, and all
over the western United States.
Smith is
an attorney who practices civil trial law in his hometown of
Waco, Texas. Stuart Smith grew up in Waco and graduated from
the University of Texas School of Law with honors in 1985.
He and his wife, Elizabeth, taught school in Kenya for a
year through the Episcopal Church’s Volunteers For Mission
program before he joined the Waco law firm of Naman, Howell,
Smith & Lee.
STEWART’S CLIMBING RESUME
Climbing Experience:
1. Carstensz
Pyramid, Normal Route, October 2006 (Alpine Ascents)
2.
Aconcagua, January 2006, Normal Route (second summit of
mountain)
3. Ama
Dablam, October 2005, Southwest Ridge (non-guided expedition
with
SummitClimb)
4.
Vinson Massif, December 2003 (International Mountain Guides)
5.
Mt. Elbrus, August 2003, Normal Route (International
Mountain Guides)
6. Mount
Everest, March-May 2002, summitted May 16 by Southeast Ridge
Route
(non-guided expedition led by Eric Simonson)
7.
Gasherbrum II, June-July 2001, Southwest Ridge Route
(non-guided
expedition led by David Hamilton; without use of
supplemental oxygen)
8. Cho
Oyu, April-May 2000, Northwest Ridge Route (International
Mountain
Guides)
9.
Huascaran
and Pisco Oeste, July 1999 (Alpine Ascents)
10. Huscaran
and Pisco Oeste (summitted Pisco and turned back at 20,500
feet
on Huascaran due to bad conditions), July 1998 (Alpine
Ascents)
11. Grand Teton, August 1997, Exum Ridge Route (Exum
Guides)
12. One
Week Snow and Rock Climbing in the Andes in Central Chile (Parque
Nacional
de Cypres) including probable first ascents of two minor
14,000
foot
peaks, December 1996
13. Mt.
McKinley, May 1996, West Buttress Route (Rainier
Mountaineering)
14. Aconcagua,
January 1995, Normal Route (Mountain Travel Sobek)
15. Four
climbs of Mt. Rainier (including the seminars below), 1993,
1994, and
1996
(Rainier Mountaineering)
16. Volcanoes of Mexico (Orizaba, Popocatepetl, and
Ixtacciuatal), December
1993
(Mountain Travel Sobek)
17.
Mt. Kilimanjaro, August 1987, Standard Route
Training Courses:
1. Basic
Mountaineering Seminar - June 1993 - 5 days Rainier
Mountaineering,
Inc.
2. Advanced Mountaineering Seminar - July 1995 - 5 days
Rainier
Mountaineering,
Inc.
3. Basic
Rock Climbing Course - Spring 1994 David Owens, Instructor
4. Intermediate Rock Climbing Course - Fall 1994 Texas
Mountaineers,
Instructor
5. Winter Mountaineering Seminar - January 1996 - 6 days
Rainier
Mountaineering,
Inc.
6. Intermediate Ice Climbing Course - February 1997 - 3
days Fantasy Ridge
(Michael
Covington, Instructor)
7. Intermediate Rock Climbing Course - July 1997 - 2 days
Exum Guide Service
(in
conjunction with Grand Teton Climb)
8.
Refresher Rock Climbing Course - July 2002 - 2 days
9. Outdoor
Leadership Lab Climbing and Rappelling Course – May 2006 – 5
days
(emphasis on building top rope anchors) Christian Adventure
Association
Trekking:
1. Nepal, Annapurna Region, October 1992 (70 miles)
2. West
Highland Way, Scotland, July 1995 (100 miles)
3. Offa’s
Dyke, Wales, September 1999 (180 miles)
4. Baltoro
Glacier, Pakistan, June 2001 (100 miles)
5.
Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Valley, Nepal, April 2002 (140
miles)
6.
Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Valley, Nepal, May 2004 (140
miles)
Ski
Treks:
1. North
Pole (last degree trip), April 2004
2. South
Pole (all the way trip from Hercules Inlet to Pole),
November
December
2004
State High Points:
Cheaha
Mountain (Alabama), Mt. McKinley (Alaska), Humphrey
(Arizona), Magazine Mountain (Arkansas), Mt. Whitney
(California), Mt. Elbert (Colorado), Britton Hill (Florida),
Brasstown Bald (Georgia), Mt. Borah (Idaho), Black Mountain
(Kentucky), Driskill Mountain (Louisiana), Woodall Mountain
(Mississippi), Granite Peak (Montana), Boundary Peak
(Nevada), Wheeler Peak (New Mexico), Mt. Mitchell (North
Carolina), Black Mesa (Oklahoma), Mt. Hood (Oregon),
Sassafras Mountain (South Carolina), Clingmans Dome
(Tennessee), Guadalupe Peak (Texas), Kings Peak (Utah), Mt.
Rogers (Virginia), Mt. Rainier (Washington), Gannett Peak
(Wyoming) |
