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Mitch’s Climbing & Running Firsts + Personal Bests

Mitch Lewis, born March 7, 1957, Los Angeles, CA.

Number of Humans who have walked on the Moon = 12

Number of Humans who have finished marathons/highest summits on 7 Continents = 5

Climbing / Seven Continent Summits (1 of ~ 250)

  • Glacier Mountaineering Course & Mt. Baker (WA) attempt September 2006
  • 1st of Seven Summits, Mt. Kosciusko (Australia) March 2007 (age 50)
  • 6th of Seven Summits, Mt. Everest[1] (Nepal) May 12, 2011 (age 54)
  • 7th Continent Summit[2], Mt. Vinson (Antarctica) December 24, 2012 (age 55)

Climbing / Others

  • Fuji (Japan) August 2015 (age 58)
  • Tiger’s Nest (Bhutan) March 2017 (age 60)
  • Jade Mountain (Taiwan) July 2017 (age 60)

Running / Seven Continents Marathons (1 of ~ 450)

  • First Marathon (Stockholm, Sweden) June 2002 (5:52) (age 45)
  • 5th Continent Marathon (Antarctica) March 2005 (age 48)
  • 6th Continent Marathon (Ushuaia) March 2005 (age 48)
  • Seventh Continent Marathon[3] (Kenya) June 2006 (age 49)

Running / Others

  • Total Marathon (or greater) Races Started / Finished 61 / 61[4]
  • Number of U.S. States+DC Marathons Completed / Goal 35 / 51
  • Longest (Distance) Race (San Francisco, CA 54 Miles) 11:57, Dec. 2011, Age 54
  • PR 50 Miles (American River, CA 50 Mile) 10:58, April 2009, Age 52
  • PR 50K (Skyline-to-the-Sea, CA) 6:21, Sept. 2008, Age 51
  • Longest (Time) Race (Lantau, HK, 50K) 13:48, June 2015, Age 58
  • PR Marathon (CIM, Sacramento) 3:54, Dec 2008, Age 51
  • PR Half Marathon (Kirkland, WA) 1:52 May 2009, Age 52
  • PR Most Marathons – One Year # 11, 2013, Age 56, # 7, 2019, Age 62

 

Golf

  • PR (18 Holes) # 72, Cedarcrest, WA, Aug 2018 (age 61)
  • Significant Title: Sonoma County Men’s Amateur[5], August 2008 (age 51)
  • Holes in One (2)
  • #7 Bodega Bay (CA) (3/17/07) Age 50, #14 Laguna (Singapore) (8/7/2017) Age 60
  • Most Holes Played (One Day Walking)
  • # 54 Lidingo, Stockholm, June 2000
  • # 72 Lidingo, Stockholm, June 2001 (18 x 2)
  • Most Northerly Golf Played: Disko Bay (Greenland) 70’ N
  • Most Southerly Golf Played: Union Glacier (Antarctica) 81’ S

 

[1] Approximately 750 American’s have summitted Mt. Everest, of which about 675 are men.

[2] Less than 250 people have ever successfully climbed the Seven Summits.

[3] Less than 450 people have ever successfully completed a marathon on all Seven Continents.

[4] As of February 2021

[5] Low Net