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Alan Arnette (born July 27, 1956, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American author, journalist , professional speaker  , climbing coach , Alzheimer’s Advocate , and mountaineer.

Family and Education
Arnette was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to James and Ida Arnette. He has one brother, James Kenneth Arnette. He ran cross-country (2 miles) and track (440 and 880 yard dash and the two-mile relay) at Overton High School. He graduated from the University of Memphis in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Career
After graduating from college, Arnette went to work for Hewlett-Packard for nearly 30-years from 1979 to 2007. His roles included general management, marketing, R&D, and computer sales, including international assignments.

Arnette started his career in Dallas, Texas, as a sales representative selling technical computer systems to engineering organizations. He advanced through the field structure to become a district sales manager. In 1988, he moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado, to manage strategic relationships with software firms writing applications for HP computers. He became the Business Unit Manager for the Software Engineering Systems Division before moving to Amsterdam in 1995 to expand the European Customer Support Center. HP promoted him to General Manager for the Europe and Middle East Consumer Customer Support Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. He returned to the US as General Manager for several divisions based in Boise, ID and Ft. Collins, including HP's fledging Digital Camera business.

In 2007, he took early retirement from Hewlett-Packard to care for his mother, who had Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's
In the early 2000s, his mother, Ida Arnette, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and died from the disease in August 2009. Arnette used his climbing to raise awareness of Alzheimer's and has become a well-known Alzheimer's advocate and spokesperson for Alzheimer's research, caregiver support, education, and awareness.

Climbing
Alan began climbing at age 38 while living in Switzerland, climbing the highest peak in Western Europe, Mont Blanc, at 15,771 feet. He has completed over 37 major expeditions, including summiting K2 in 2014, when he became the 18th and oldest American to summit the world's hardest 8000-meter mountain. He summited Mt. Everest in 2011 and the fore-summit of Manaslu in 2013, plus the seven of the eight 7 Summits, including Mount Everest and all 58 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks.

8000-meter Climbs
• Everest, Nepal 29,035-feet summit 5/11; climbed three other times (2001, 2002, 2008) to 27,200-feet

• K2, Pakistan 28,251; summit, 7/2014

• Cho Oyu, Tibet 26,907-feet: climbed to 26,600-feet, 09/1998

• Lhotse, Nepal 27,940-feet: reached 21,500, 2015 (Earthquake)/2016

• Broad Peak, Pakistan 26,401-feet: climbed to 23,000-feet, 2006

• Shishapangma, Tibet 26,335-feet: climbed to 23,200-feet, 2009/2007

• Manaslu, Nepal 26,759-feet: fore-summit 10/2013

7000-meter Climbs
• Aconcagua, Argentina 22,842-feet: 3 summits 1/2001, 1/2008, 2/2005

6000-meter Climbs
• Ama Dablam, Nepal 22,494-feet: summit 10/2000

• Denali, Alaska, 20,320-feet: climbed to 17,000-feet, 6/2001, 6/2007, 6/2011

• Island Peak, Nepal, 20,305-feet: summit 10/2018

• Chimborazo, Ecuador, 20,703-feet: summit 01/2019

5000-meter Climbs
• Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 19,348-feet: summit 01/2019

• Alpamayo, Peru, 19,511-feet: summit, 07/2012

• Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Africa 19,340-feet: summit, 10/2011

• Cayambe, Ecuador 18,997-feet: climbed to 17,100 01/2019

• Mt. Elbrus, Russia 18,513: summit, 8/1v1

• Kala Patar, Nepal 18,055-feet: 3 summits, 4/2097, 5/2008, 5/2012

• Orizaba, Mexico 18,880-feet: summit, 120/08

• Vinson Massif, Antarctica 16,067-feet: summit, 10/2010

• Carstensz Pyramid, 16,023-feet New Guinea – summit, 10/2011

• Mont Blanc, France 15,771-feet: 3 summits 1995, 1997, 1997

• Monta Rosa (Dufourspitze), Switzerland 15,023-feet: summit, 3/1998

4000-meter Climbs
• Mt. Whitney, California US,14,499-feet: summit, 05/2012

• Colorado 14,000-feet – 225 summits with repeats

• Rainier, Washington State US, 14,410: 2 summits, 7/2004, 07/2012

• Grand Teton, Wyoming US 13,777-feet: summit, 9/2000

• Tour Rhonde, France 12,456-feet: summit, 8/1995

• Mt. Hood, Oregon State, US 11,237-feet: summit, 7/2004

• Kosciuszko, Australia, 7,310-feet: summit, 10/2011

• Ben Nevis, Scotland, 4,409-feet: summit, 03/2012

Seven Summits
1. Everest, Nepal 29,035-feet summit 5/11; climbed three other times (2001, 2002, 2008) to 27,200-feet

2. Aconcagua, Argentina 22,842-feet: 3 summits 1/2011, 1/2008, 2/v05

3. Denali, Alaska, 20,320-feet: climbed to 17,000-feet, 6/2001, 6/2007, 6/2011

4. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Africa 19,340-feet: summit, 10/2011

5. Elbrus, Russia 18,513: summit, 8/2011

6. Vinson Massif, Antarctica 16,067-feet: summit, 10/2010

7. Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya), 16,023-feet New Guinea – summit, 10/2011

8. Kosciuszko, Australia, 7,310 feet: summit, 10/2011

Significant Expeditions
Arnette undertook The 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything campaign by climbing the highest peak on the Seven Continents, the 7 Summits in 2010 and 2011, to raise awareness and research funds for Alzheimer's non-profits. He was sponsored by Janssen Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy and a joint venture of Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer. He summitted all seven of the eight except for Denali. HIs campaign raised funds for the Alzheimer's Association, the Cure Alzheimer20s Fund, and the National Family Caregivers Association.

In 2014, Arnette summit K2 at 28,251 feet to become the oldest American at age 58.

Media Apperances
Arnette has appeared on PBS, Weather Channel (CNA) , and taped and live interviews on ABC, BBC, CNN, NBC, FOX.

Summit Coach
His consulting business, Summit Coach, helps aspiring climbers worldwide achieve their goals through a personalized set of consulting products based on his 20 years of high-altitude mountain experience and 30 years as a business executive.

Summit Talk
Arnette is a professional speake r who speaks at corporate,non-profit, and education events worldwide.

=== Writing and Blogging === Arnette has million of followers theough his blog and social media channels and on his website, www.alanarnette.com and Podcasts He contributes to National Geographic, Rock and Ice (now part of Outside), plus Outside Magazine on mountaineering subjects, which cited him as "one of the world's most respected chronicler of Everest.”