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Birth name | Valentyn Viktorovych Sypavin | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Kharkiv, Ukraine | 3 August 1983|||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Professional climber | |||||||||||||||||
Website | Alpomania | |||||||||||||||||
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Valentyn Viktorovych Sypavin (born 3 August 1983, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian mountaineer and ice climber, who has summited Mount Everest six times. Following ten rope fixers, who summited on the evening of May 10, 2024, Sypavin became the first foreigner to summit, along with the legendary Sanu Sherpa, during the 2024 season on May 11, 2024 at 4:00 am. In 2013, Sypavin became the third in the overall UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup and came second in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships.