Victor Saunders is a world-renowned British mountaineer and a qualified UIAGM mountain guide. He is also a member of the SNGM. (National Syndicate of French Mountain Guides).

Victor is based in the alpine town of Chamonix, France which is home to Mt Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe and countless other spectacular alps. He spends a large part of the year climbing and guiding in the world's most beautiful mountain ranges and has climbed on all the world's continents including Antartica and South America.

Victor has summitted Mt Everest four times in the past five years and has also been on Cho Oyu, the mountain the team will be climbing this year, four times.

Mr Saunders is also author to a number of books. Elusive Summits: Four Expeditions in the Karakoram won the Boardman Tasker prize in 1991.

Among Mr Saunders' climbs are:

2005 - Everest
1997 - Cho Oyu
1996 - Mustagh Ata
1995 - Bhutan
1995 - Ecuador Volcanoes, Chimborazo and Cotopaxi
1994 - Panch Chuli Trek
1994 - Hatezan Zom
1993 - Bhutan Basingtang
1993 - Gondoro La
1992 - Panchchuli
1992 - Rajramba
1991 - Elbrus
1991 - Karakoram
1991 - Ultar

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