Guy Cotter

Guy Cotter - Mountaineer Guy Cotter has achieved as long a string of notable mountaineering ascents as anyone alive. Not only has climbed Mt Everest four times but he has also ascended many of the worlds highest peaks including the Seven Summits, the highest peak on every continent. At seventeen years old he had already climbed New Zealand highest peak Mt Cook and was completely committed to a life as an alpinist. His passion for the mountains saw him focus on a career as a mountain guide and his skills earned him a position working alongside fellow Kiwis Rob Hall and Gary Ball when they established their Everest guiding company; Adventure Consultants (AC). Guy excelled as a high altitude guide and led the team to the summit that year and on subsequent years. But it was not to last. Both Ball and Hall succumbed to the perils of altitude and died in separate incidents in the mountains of Nepal. Saddened by the loss of his friends but buoyed by the support of the client base Guy took the reigns of the company and raised it from the ashes to become a successful and internationally renown expedition operator. From the four expeditions offered annually when he took over the company, Adventure Consultants now has ninety two distinct products and runs some thirty five international expeditions per year. The company has its base in the small alpine town of Wanaka in New Zealand's Southern Alps where the Adventure Consultants HQ has a staff of twelve to coordinate and plan the activities of the world-wide operations. Guy has been working periodically in the film industry for almost three decades as a locations scout, mountain safety coordinator, alpine advisor or high altitude camera operator. This work dovetails nicely with the other operations of the organisation which has the capacity to operate large scale film or expedition services anywhere on earth and even in the depths of Antarctica. Guy divides his time between running the company and leading expeditions or film projects and personal mountaineering and adventure activities.