Valentyn Sypavin

Valentyn Viktorovych Sypavin (born 3 August 1983, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian mountaineer and ice climber, who has summited Mount Everest six times. Following ten rope fixers, who summited on the evening of May 10, 2024, Sypavin became the first foreigner to summit, along with the legendary Sanu Sherpa, during the 2024 season on May 11, 2024 at 4:00 am. In 2013, Sypavin became the third in the overall UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup and came second in the UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships.

Climbing career
Sypavin started ice climbing in 2008 when he began training and actively participating in competition ice climbing events. He also established several dry-tooling venues in Crimea.

Sypavin later started working as a mountain guide and founded his own adventure company called Alpomania.

He is a Guinness World Record holder in the highest attitude kayaking, which he did at 6370 meters in Atacama, Chile, on 4 January 2020.

In 2022, Sypavin led the first Ukrainian Antarctic expedition to the Vinson Massif.

Personal life
Sypavin has worked as a fire service trainer, and also used to work as a university teacher.

Notable ascents

 * Mount Everest five times summiteer: 16.05.2017, 15.05.2018, 23.05.2019, 23.05.2021, 19.05.2023
 * K2 - Summer 2021
 * Lhotse - 2021, 2023.
 * Denali - 5-day speed ascent with Irina Halay in 2017
 * Aconcagua
 * Kilimanjaro
 * Mount Vinson
 * Ojos del Salado, the world's highest volcano
 * Pico de Orizaba
 * Demavend