Career
He was a featured athlete/guide in the Discovery Channel 2008 reality/documentary production, “Everest: Beyond the Limits”. Michael Hamill is the author of "Climbing the Seven Summits," a comprehensive high altitude alpine guide book and multiple magazine articles including Zymurgy magazine’s, "Brewing on Everest."
Mountain. Everest (5): May 24, 2008.
May 30, 2009.
May 23, 2010. May 19, 2011. May 18, 2013
Cho Oyu (6): September 25, 2002. September 27, 2003; September 30, 2005.
September 24, 2008.
October 1, 2013
Shishapangma: October 4, 2011
Seven Summits (5): Completion Dates December 28, 2008. July 20, 2009; July 17, 2010.
December 12, 2011.
July 22, 2013
Climbed all the Seven Summits in 220 days: December 28, 2008 completion date
Tied the record for most Adirondack High Peaks climbed in one day (15): completion date September 10, 1998
44 summits of Mountain. Rainier (2002 - 2013)
Hamill is the owner of Climbing the Seven Summits, an alpine mountaineering media company, and has been a senior mountain guide at International Mountain Guides (August 26, 2002 - current) and Alaska Mountaineering School (May 10, 2003 - current) for 13 years. Hamill has guided 72 expeditions to altitudes exceeding 18,000 vertical feet, including 5 on Mountain.
Everest and 18 in the Himalayas above 8,000m (26,000 ft) (Everest: spring, 2005.
Spring, 2008; spring, 2009. Spring, 2010; spring, 2011.
Spring, 2012. Spring, 2013: Cho Oyu: autumn, 2002.
Autumn, 2003; autumn, 2004. Autumn, 2005; autumn, 2007.
Autumn, 2008. Autumn, 2010. Autumn, 2011: Shishapangma: autumn, 2011: Manaslu: autumn, 2012).
