Vince Anderson is an American professional mountaineer, writer and mountain guide company manager from Ridgway, Colorado. He and Steve House won the Piolet d'Or in 2006 for an alpine-style first ascent of the Central Pillar of the Rupal Face, (4100m, M5 X, 5.9, WI4), September 1âÂÂ8, 2005 on Nanga Parbat in northern Pakistan.
Notable ascents
- 2003 Carte Blanche, White cliffs of Dover, UK, with Yann Bonneville, Manu Ibarra and Jerome Blanc-Gras.
- 2005 Central Pillar of the Rupal Face, (4100m, M5 X, 5.9, WI4), September 1âÂÂ8, on Nanga Parbat in northern Pakistan with Steve House
- 2007 K7 West (6858m), Charakusa Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan FA of peak with Steve House and Marko Prezelj.
- 2008 House-Anderson (WI5+ M8 R/X, 1000m), North Face, Mount Alberta (3619m), Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. FA of route with Steve House, March 26âÂÂ28, 2008
- 2022 : Suerte (1 100 m, 5.13a, M7, WI6), East Face, Jirishanca (Peru) with Josh Wharton
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