Alan Hinkes

Alan Hinkes
Personal information
Full nameAlan Charles Hinkes
Main disciplineMountaineering
Other disciplinesPhotography,
Teacher Geography and PE
Born (1954-04-26) 26 April 1954
Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
NationalityEnglish
Career
Notable ascentsMount Everest 1996
K2 1995
Annapurna 2002
Kangchenjunga 2005
Nanga Parbat 1998
All 14 8,000m Peaks
1987–2005
(Cho Oyu is disputed)
Eiger North Face.
Family
Spousenever married
ChildrenFiona Horgan (b. 1984)

Alan Hinkes OBE (born 26 April 1954) is an English Himalayan high-altitude mountaineer from Northallerton in North Yorkshire. He is the first British mountaineer to claim all 14 Himalayan eight-thousanders (mountains above 8,000 m (26,247 ft) in height), a feat he completed on 30 May 2005.