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Born and raised near the Italian side of the Matterhorn, Massimo
is an avid skier and snowboarder always ready for a new challenge.
Although still without a signature feat, Massimo has travelled
extensively around the world simply for the sake of adventure.
He graduated from the University of Industrial Design, writing
a thesis on high tech devices used to increase safety at high
altitude. Massimo is planning to test some of these technologies
during the Morocco trip.
Born in the Italian Alps, Pietro Simonetti climbed and skied
Mount Kilimanjaro in November 2003 as a fundraiser for the
Colorado Cancer Foundation. In March 2002, Pietro set a Guinness
World Record by skiing all 28 Colorado ski areas in less than
four days. Pietro served as a volunteer as a ski instructor
at the National Sports Center for the Disabled. In February
2001, Pietro climbed Aconcagua – 23,000 feet –
in February of 2001 as a fundraiser for the Colorado Cancer
Foundation.
Raised in Washington D.C., Peter Henry has lived in Oregon
and Colorado throughout the course of his life, and has a
variety of mountaineering and distance trekking experience.
Peter has climbed two volcanoes in Ecuador, South America:
Cotopaxi, which is approximately 20,000 feet, and Ianiza Norte,
which is approximately 18,000 feet. Additionally, Peter has
summitted over 20 14,000-foot peaks in the Colorado Rockies,
several of which were completed at night or in winter conditions.
In terms of distance trekking, Peter completed a solo hike
on the Appalachian Trail of over 450 miles in one-and-a-half
months at the age of 17, and completed
a group hike on the Pacific Crest Trail of 500 miles at age
24.
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