Ben Clark
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Ben Clark is a mountaineer
and native of Clarksville
, Tennessee
, though he resides in Colorado
. He starting rock climbing as a boy and progressed to larger, more challenging mountains in his early twenties.
On May 22, 2003, at the age of 23, Ben became the second youngest American
to summit Mount Everest
, via the North-Northeast Ridge Route.
His 2003 expedition to Mount Everest was captured by filmmaker and friend, Jon Miller, and made into a documentary
, Everest: The Other Side. The film premiered on Dish Network
Pay-Per-View
in May 2005. Additional footage that did not make it into the final product was released in a series of video podcasts, entitled The Rest of Everest. Following the ascent of Everest and premiere of Everest: The Other Side, Clark moved to Telluride Colorado where he became host of Plum TV's Fresh Tracks and committed to a career in producing documentaries about adventure travel. During this time, Clark continued to pioneer new routes in the Nepali Himalayas and Southwestern United States. Today, Clark expeditions the world over documenting adventure in every environment.
Clark's most recent feature length film, Ski The Himalayas has also been released on Dish Network and Comcast Pay per View and is also a podcast series. Although credits in television series now have Clark's name attached to them, his most passionate pursuit is still to the world's highest mountains to explore and ski.
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
and native of Clarksville
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, though he resides in Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. He starting rock climbing as a boy and progressed to larger, more challenging mountains in his early twenties.
On May 22, 2003, at the age of 23, Ben became the second youngest American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to summit Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
, via the North-Northeast Ridge Route.
His 2003 expedition to Mount Everest was captured by filmmaker and friend, Jon Miller, and made into a documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, Everest: The Other Side. The film premiered on Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
Pay-Per-View
Pay-per-view
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in May 2005. Additional footage that did not make it into the final product was released in a series of video podcasts, entitled The Rest of Everest. Following the ascent of Everest and premiere of Everest: The Other Side, Clark moved to Telluride Colorado where he became host of Plum TV's Fresh Tracks and committed to a career in producing documentaries about adventure travel. During this time, Clark continued to pioneer new routes in the Nepali Himalayas and Southwestern United States. Today, Clark expeditions the world over documenting adventure in every environment.
Clark's most recent feature length film, Ski The Himalayas has also been released on Dish Network and Comcast Pay per View and is also a podcast series. Although credits in television series now have Clark's name attached to them, his most passionate pursuit is still to the world's highest mountains to explore and ski.