Al Hancock

Al Hancock was born in 1959 in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He moved to Northern Alberta at the age of 18 looking for opportunities in the oil sands. He became a Millwright by trade and has worked for the same company for the last 21 years.

A life-long athlete, Al set a goal to train and compete in bodybuilding. Within 10 years Al was a provincial champion and went on to compete nationally and he even represented Canada in international bodybuilding competitions.

Al began rock, ice, alpine and expedition climbing 8 years ago. Already Al has climbed four of the Seven Summits including…

• Mount Denali (McKinley) in Alaska - 2003
• Mount Elbrus in Russia - 2005
• Mount Aconcaqua in Argentina - 2006
• Mount Everest Nepal/Tibet - 2007

In total, Al has completed over 20 difficult, expedition-style summits, many with substantial vertical ice and rock sections.

Tim Warren

Tim is a chiropractor from Rhode Island and long time climbing partner of Al Hancock. With over 15 years of climbing and expedition experience, Tim has completed 3 of the Seven Summits.

• Mount Denali - 2003
• Mount Kilimanjaro - 2005
• Mount Aconcaqua - 2006

International Mountain Guides

International Mountain Guides directors Phil Ershler, George Dunn, Eric Simonson, and Paul Baugher organize and lead climbing, trekking and mountaineering expeditions around the world. IMG is one of the most respected and active guiding companies in the world. Since 1986 they have conducted hundreds of expeditions to destinations around the globe from the Alps and Andes to the 8,000m peaks of the Himalayas. The fact that most of their customers climb with them again and again indicates that they do things right and safe!

Success is willing to try something new, you may be not very good at it, it may not be for you, but you succeed because you tried. Getting to the top of a mountain is the goal. Success is getting back down safely.

-- Al Hancock, midnight Dec 25, 2006