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Harry Taylor (born 20 September 1958) is a former British SAS member, mountaineer and security advisor. He founded ‘High Adventure’ with Loel Guinness, a extreme sports company specifically designed to set records in climbing, paragliding, and skydiving. His team set a world distance record for a paraglider at 150.6km in Namibia. He made a tandem skydive from 27,000 feet in Spain as well as a tandem paraglider flight from Cho Oyo 8,201m Tibet and was the 1st British paraglider pilot to fly from Denali, Alaska.

Taylor began his career in the Royal Marines as an Arctic survival instructor, and later served with the British SAS. In the late 90’s Taylor was Security Advisor to BP in Algeria, as well as to a number of world renowned families. He also led an international investigation on human trafficking.

After his service in the SAS, he became an IFMGA Mountain Guide and in 1988 successfully completed the first traverse of the “Pinnacles” on Mount Everest’s ENE Ridge. In 1993 he became the second Briton to have summited Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. He has climbed on Everest 7 times with expeditions to N Face, ENE Ridge, N Ridge, SE Ridge winter and spring.

Taylor was also an Instructor at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center in Amman, Jordan. In 2012 Taylor co-founded MissionX, a tactical adventure company specializing in leadership and development, film and television consulting, and extreme vacations.

Filmography

 * Touching The Void
 * Aliens vs. Predator
 * Soldiers Story
 * Dragons - Animal Planet
 * Race for Everest - BBC
 * K2 Savage Mountain - BBC
 * The Challenge - ITV
 * Mary Shelley Story C4
 * Alive - Discovery
 * Harry's Mountain Heroes - ITV
 * The Unclimbed Ridge - HTV