Joby Ogwyn
{{Short description|American mountain climber, BASE jumper and Wingsuit flyer}}
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| alma_mater = Centenary College of Louisiana
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Joby Ogwyn ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|oʊ|b|i|_|ˈ|oʊ|ɡ|w|ɪ|n}} {{respell|JOH|bee|_|OH|gwin}}; born August 25, 1974) is an American mountain climber, BASE jumper and Wingsuit flyer.{{cite news |title=Wingsuit man in Everest practice jump |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-26364636 |work=BBC News}}
Early life
Ogwyn grew up in Louisiana and studied business administration at the Centenary College of Louisiana.[http://www.centenary.edu/news/2005/July/ogwyn05.html Adventurer-Centenary Alumnus Joby Ogwyn, Class of '97, Currently Climbing World's Tallest Unclimbed Peak] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529065106/http://www.centenary.edu/news/2005/July/ogwyn05.html |date=2010-05-29 }}, centenary.edu, retrieved February 11, 2014
Mountaineering
He summited Mount Kilimanjaro when he was just 18. When he first summited Mount Everest in 1999, he was at the time the youngest American to do so.[http://www.centenary.edu/news/1999/July/everest.html Centenary Alumnus Becomes Youngest American to Reach Summit of Mt. Everest; Joby Ogwyn, Class of '97, Stands at the Roof of the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223041308/http://www.centenary.edu/news/1999/July/everest.html |date=2014-02-23 }}, centenary.edu, retrieved February 11, 2014 He is a top speed climber. In 2004 Ogwyn beat the speed ascent record of an 8,000 meter peak at the Tibetan peak Cho Oyu.
Ogwyn planned to jump off Mount Everest in a wingsuit in May 2014, but after the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche on Everest's lower slopes during the month of April, causing the deaths of 16 Sherpa guides, the jump was cancelled.
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181018173309/http://jobyogwyn.com/ Official website jobyogwyn.com]
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Category:American mountain climbers