Namaste! Welcome!
Welcome to my website! I hope you'll enjoy learning about me and my expeditions. After bagging a hat trick of summits: Mt. McKinley (Denali) (20,320 ft), Mt. Whitney (14,505 ft) in California, Mt. Elbert (14,443 ft) in Colorado, I'm tackling the rest of the US High Points in less than 50 days.
In April 2010, I completed an ice climbing and training expedition in the Alaska Range. In the past two years, I climbed 14 of Colorado's "Fourteeners," in eight days to raise awareness for Pulmonary Hypertension and summited Aconcagua (22,841 ft) in Argentina, Mount Elbrus (18,510 ft) in southern Russia and Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft) in Tanzania. I also trekked to Nepal's Everest Base Camp and climbed Kala Patar (18,550 ft).
News and media links can be found in my *New* Media Gallery.
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| Spring Break Climbing in the Alaska Range |
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50 States! 50 High Points!
43 Days, 3 Hours, 51 Minutes!
The team summited Mauna Kea (13,804 ft) at 1:55 pm Hawaii time this afternoon. Mauna Kea is peak #50!
Congratulations Team!!!
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Thank You Mountain Hardwear
Mountain Hardwear generously supported my 14/14ers expedition with a $1,000 contribution to the Iain Hess Breathe Easy Fund for the team's ascent of Mt. Elbert, Colorado's highest peak!
Mountain Hardwear also provided gear from their 2009 Youth Apparel line for the expedition. Needless to say, the gear stood up to the challenges of the Colorado high country and also looked great. Big thumbs up for MHW!
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Track Matt on his Expeditions with SPOT
Matt uses the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger on all of his expeditions. The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger provides a vital line of communication with friends and family when you want it, and emergency assistance when you need it. Using 100% satellite technology, SPOT works virtually anywhere in the world, even where cell phones don’t – all with the push of a button.
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| Matt Moniz Tracker - CLICK |
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| Training for Aconcagua - Snow Cave in the Colorado High Country Acclimating @ 12,000 Ft |
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