Damien Gildea
{{Short description|Australian mountain climber and explorer}}
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Damien Gildea (born 1969[http://www.thepoles.com/story/stories/OmegaHighAntarcticGPSExpedition2004tomeasurepeaksofVinsonMassifOct62004.shtml Omega High Antarctic GPS Expedition 2004 to measure peaks of Vinson Massif.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516005731/http://www.thepoles.com/story/stories/OmegaHighAntarcticGPSExpedition2004tomeasurepeaksofVinsonMassifOct62004.shtml |date=16 May 2008 }} Explorersweb.) is an Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer who has climbed extensively in Antarctica, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bolivia, Alaska, New Zealand and elsewhere.{{Cite web|url=http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=19749|title=Polar News ExplorersWeb - ExWeb interview with Damien Gildea (part 1), I needed to sort out and record all the information|website=explorersweb.com|access-date=2018-01-04|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180350/http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=19749|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.explorapoles.org/explorers/profile/gildea_damien|title=Gildea Damien - ExploraPoles - International Polar Foundation's adventure website|website=explorapoles.org|access-date=2018-01-08}}
Mountaineering
His Antarctic ascents include Mount Vinson, Mount Shinn, Mount Craddock, Mount Gardner, Mount Bentley, Mount Anderson (first ascent),{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/a-chilling-omen-or-a-freak-event/2007/11/13/1194766675296.html|title=A chilling omen or a freak event? - Environment - smh.com.au|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2018-01-04}} Mount Ryan,{{Cite news|url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item/42100/mt_ryan_-_first_ascent|title=Mt. Ryan - First Ascent|last=Geldard|first=Jack|date=January 2008|work=UKC|access-date=2018-01-05}} and several other peaks in the Vinson Massif, Craddock Massif and northern Sentinel Range between 2001 and 2007, as well as Mount Friesland and Mount Bowles on Livingston Island in 2003. The high-precision GPS data collected by his team was used in subsequent American and Bulgarian mapping.
Antarctic Expeditions
In 2012 Gildea led a team following in the footsteps of Robert Falcon Scott, in order to raise money for charity.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/gruelling-trek-to-south-pole-worth-every-cent-for-sick-kids/news-story/83ac478c79acd28646039724ca05abe7?sv=e4bfa0ae83434a1da4750885e9d4d541|title=South Pole trek is worth it|access-date=2018-01-04}} Gildea has collected data during his Antarctic expeditions for scientific analysis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/webtemp/image_cache/GA1555.pdf|title=Achieving New Heights in Antarctica}}{{Cite journal|last=Gildea|first=D.|last2=Splettstoesser|first2=J. F.|year=2007|title=Craddock Massif and Vinson Massif remeasured|journal=US Geological Survey|volume=2007-1047-SRP-069}}
Publishing
Gildea is the author of The Antarctic Mountaineering Chronology.{{Cite news|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/1908436/beat-crowds-antarctica-now|title=Beat the Crowds. Antarctica Now. {{!}} Outside Online|last=Buchanan|first=Rob|date=2001-11-01|work=Outside Online|access-date=2018-01-04}}
In 2007 Gildea published the new 1:50,000 colour topographical map Vinson Massif & The Sentinel Range, including a number of new features named by the USGS.{{Cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/private-funding-could-help-australias-role-in-the-antarctic-29740|title=Private funding could help Australia's role in the Antarctic|last=McCallum|first=Adrian|work=The Conversation|access-date=2018-01-04}}
In November 2010 published Gildea's new book Mountaineering in Antarctica: Climbing in the Frozen South.Damien Gildea. [http://www.editionsnevicata.be/a-paraitre/21-les-montagnes-de-l-antarctique-9782875230003.html Les Montagnes de l'Antarctique.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108094617/http://www.editionsnevicata.be/a-paraitre/21-les-montagnes-de-l-antarctique-9782875230003.html |date=8 November 2010 }} Éditions Nevicata, 2010. {{ISBN|978-2-87523-000-3}}
Honour
Publications
- [http://www.mountaineeringinantarctica.com Mountaineering in Antarctica: Climbing in the Frozen South.] 192 pages, 200 images, new maps, lists.
- Antarctic Mountaineering Chronology. New Zealand Mountain Safety Council, 1998. 110 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-646-36129-1}}
- [http://www.americanalpineclub.org/documents/pdf/aaj/2007/pg98-105_Gildea_Antarctica_aaj2007.pdf Information on Ice: Seven years of first ascents and data collection in Antarctica.]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} American Alpine Journal, 2007. pp. 98–105.
- [http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200432902/Antarctica-Antarctic-Peninsula-Livingston-Island-South-Shetland-Islands-Second-Ascent-of-Mt-Friesland-and-New-Altitude Antarctic Peninsula: Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, second ascent of Mt. Friesland and New Altitude.] American Alpine Journal, 2004. pp. 329–331.
References
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External links
- [http://www.explorapoles.org/index.php?/polar_explorers/gildea_damien/&uid=127 Polar Explorers: Gildea Damien.] International Polar Foundation.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110209221527/http://antarcticmountains.com/ Damien Gildea's Antarctic Mountains: Climbing in Antarctica.] Gildea's website.
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Category:Australian mountain climbers
Category:Australian explorers of Antarctica
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