Vanessa O'Brien, Date of Birth

Vanessa O'Brien

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1964

Profession: mountaineer, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Vanessa Audi Rhys O'Brien (born 2 December 1964), is a British and American mountaineer, explorer, public speaker and former business executive.
She became the first American woman to climb K2 and the first British woman to climb K2 (as a result of her dual nationality) on 28 July 2017, successfully leading a team of 12 members to the summit and back on her third attempt.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), a Fellow of The Explorers Club (TEC), and a Member of The Scientific Exploration Society (SES).O'Brien received a Fearless Girl Award in 2019 and was awarded Explorer of The Year in 2018 by SES.
She set a Guinness World Record for climbing the highest peak on every continent in 295 days, the fastest time by a woman.
O'Brien has also skied the last 60 nautical miles or 111 km to the South Pole and North Pole completing the Explorers Grand Slam in 11 months, becoming the first woman to do so in under a calendar year and the 8th woman in the world to accomplish this.