Jonathan James Kedrowski was born May 12, 1979, the son of Robert Allan Kedrowski and Barbara Jean Kedrowski, and raised in beautiful rocky mountains of Vail, Colorado.  After graduating from Eagle Valley High School, Gypsum Colorado, in 1998, he entered Valparaiso University in Indiana and played intercollegiate basketball, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in geography and chemistry (pre-medicine) in May 2002. He was employed for a year in the medical field at the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Clinic in Vail, Colorado before returning to academics at the University of South Florida’s Department of Geography in January 2004.  Jon graduated from USF in May 2006 with a Masters of Arts in Environmental Geography and a Secondary Education Social Science Education Teaching Degree.  An article written from his M.A. Thesis titled, Assessing Human-Environmental Impacts on Colorado’s 14,000-foot Mountains has recently been published in the Journal Mountain Research and Development (2009). After spending a year coaching high school basketball in Montana for the 2006-2007 school year, Jon entered the Graduate College as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Geography at Texas State University—San Marcos in August of 2007.

Jon wrapped up his Ph.D. in Environmental Geography at TSU in December 2010. He recently accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Geography at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. and has just completed a large scale consulting project with National Geographic with a movie titled The Wildest Dream involving Mount Everest (see recent publications page).  When he isn’t hard at work on projects at the University or training in Colorado’s backcountry, Jon can be found involved with his other passion, climbing the world’s highest mountains, which have included standing atop three of the world’s seven continental summits: Elbrus, Russia in 2005, Denali, Alaska in 2009, and Aconcagua, Argentina in 2010 to go along with his Fourteen summits of Mount Rainier from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, Dr. Kedrowski became the first person to camp and spend the night on the top Colorado's 55 Official 14ers: peaks over 14,000'.  He achieved the feat from June 23 to September 28 2011, a stretch of only 95 days from start to finish.

In 2012, Dr. Jon Successfully climbed Mount Everest, May 26th, 2012.  His story has been chronicled extensively as he was a witness and survived the worst tragedy on Everest since the 1996 disaster.

 For Complete Bio Please go Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kedrowski

 

--500+Ascents of Colorado’s Fourteeners (Peaks +14,000’/4200m elevation)

--600+Ascents of Colorado’s 100-highest peaks (Peaks +13,000’/4000m)

                  -100 Winter Ascents and ski descents of the Fourteeners

-58 Named Summits in Colorado over 14,000’ in 42 days (Summer 2005 Thesis Data Collection)

 

--Ascent of Mount Elbrus, Russia, 18,510’ (5642m), July 11, 2005. Peak is one of the ‘Seven  Summits’ the highest peak on the European Continent  (SEVEN SUMMITs #1)

 

--August 20, 2006 Expedition to 23,000’ (+7134m) Peak Lenin in Kyrgyzstan, Asia

 

--Extensive Backcountry knowledge and experience in the Canyonlands of Utah (Lake Powell and Moab) as well as Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (Utah/Wyoming)

 

--Winter-Style  Solo Ascent, Trapper Peak, MT (10,140’), Highest in Bitterroot Range, March 2007

 

--Winter-Style Solo Ascent of Borah Peak Idaho (12,662’), Idaho’s Highest, March 2007

--Ascent of Borah Peak Idaho (12,662’), Idaho’sHighest, July 2007

 

 --Winter-Style Solo Ascents of Mt. St. Helens, WA (8,365’) and Mt. Hood, OR (11,239’, Oregon’s  Highest) April 5 and 6, 2007

 

--Ascent of Gannett Peak (13,804’) Wyoming’s Highest, August 8, 2007

       

--Winter Ascent & Ski of Mt. Washington, NH(6288’) April 19, 2008

        

--Solo Ascent of Wheeler PK, NM (13,161’/4011m), May 30,2008

       

--Ascents of Mount Rainier (14,410’/4392m) (3 Solo), Washington’s Highest Peak , July 19, 22, 29, 2008; July 20, 31, August 4, 7, 2009.

      

--Ascent of Granite Peak, MT(12,799’), Montana’s Highest, August 8, 2008

--Ascent of Grand Teton, WY (13,770’), Wyoming’s2 Highest, August 11, 2008

       

--Ascent of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico (18,410’/5600m), Mexico’s Highest Peak, January 13, 2009

--Ascentof Iztaccihuatl(17,343’/5325m), Mexico, January 11, 2009

--Ascent of Popocapetl (17,900’/5445m) Mexico’s 2nd Highest, January 16, 2009

      

--Winter Ascents of Mt. Charleston,Griffith Peak (11,000’+), Nevada, Mar. 20-21, 2009.

   

--Denali NP (McKinley) SOLO Ascent of North America’s Highest 20,320’ (6300m) May 23,  2009. (SEVEN SUMMITS #2)

 

 --Aconcagua, Argentina (22,840’/6962m) SOLO Summit Day Ascent of  South America’s Highest  January 13, 2010 (SEVEN SUMMITS #3)

 

 ----2nd Ascent of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico (18,410’/5600m), Mexico’s Highest Peak, March 13, 2010

 

--Ascent of Iztaccihuatl (17,343’/5325m), Mexico, March 14, 2010.

 

--Mount Rainier (14,410'/4392m) Liberty Ridge one day super ascent 7500' vertical, July 21, 2010.

 

--Mount Rainier (14,410'/4392m) Winter Ascent via Paradise March 6, 2011.

--Mount Adams (12,307'/3650m) Climb and 10,000' ski descent April 23, 2011.

--Mount Rainier (14,410'/4392m) Winter Ascent GIB LEDGES via Paradise May 1, 2011.

 --Mount Everest Expedition 2012  SEVEN SUMMITS #4

--GASHERBRUM I and II Expedition June 22 - Aug 17th 2013.     (8,000meter peaks!)