Mark Richey

Mark Richey is an American rock climber and alpinist, born in 1958, with a history of significant first ascents around the world. He began climbing at fifteen in the Boston area, has made more than forty expeditions to the Greater Ranges, and in the early 1980s made first ascents of the south face of Ocshapalca and the east face of Cayesh in Peru. He won the Piolet d'Or twice, in 2012 for the first ascent of Saser Kangri II in 2011 with Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson, and in 2020 for the southeast face of Link Sar in 2019 with Swenson, Chris Wright and Graham Zimmerman. He was president of the American Alpine Club from 2003 to 2006 and founded the architectural woodworking company Mark Richey Woodworking in Newburyport, Massachusetts.