Name: Frederick T. Bear

Born: December 25th 1968 in the North Pole

Age: 7 bear years (1 bear year = 5 human years)

Home: The Mountain Lodge, Beaufort, Killarney, Co Kerry

School: Cloghroe National School, Cloghroe, Co Cork



Fredrick's Adventures: He has travelled throughout the world and has taken a special interest in how children of different tribes live. So far he has experienced life with 20 different tribes, learning about their
traditions and cultures.

Dream: To climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
This mountain was first climbed in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

Fact File
December 2002 joined Irish Everest Expedition 2003.

Arrived Kathmandu: 15th March 2003

High Point on Mt Everest: (Hillary Step) 28,776 feet just 159 feet
below the summit.

Training: Freddy began climbing in County Kerry, Ireland. He has spent much of his time doing mountaineering courses in Ireland, Scotland and the Alps learning the skills required to be a good mountaineer. These include rope work, navigation, camp craft, glacier travel first aid and rescue techniques.

His adventures so far have taken him to far away places, including Europe, America, Russia, Africa, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Nepal. He has climbed some of the most of the most beautiful mountains in the world.