We can choose to create of our lives
an accident or an adventure.
Hooked on challenge, Gabriel Filippi has built a well-rounded career as an adventurer. Step by step, he overcame difficulties and racked up achievements to test his mettle.
1995: Outings in Quebec and the US to learn rock and ice climbing
1995: Aconcagua, Argentina
1996: Alpamayo and Huascaran, Peru
1997: Assiniboine and Bugaboos, Canadian Rockies
1998: Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
2000: Everest southern route, Nepal
2001: Costa Blanca (rock climbing), Spain
2002: Mount McKinley (also called Denali), Alaska
2003 : Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, and the 3 peaks of Mount Kenya, Kenya
2003: Mont Blanc, France
2003: Elbrus and Shkhara(Bezengi Wall, Georgia)
2005: Everest southern route, Nepal
2006: Carstensz Pyramid, New Guinea
2006: Kosciusko, Australia
2006: New Zealand, with a meeting with Sir Ed Hillary, first man to reach the summit of Everest with his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, in 1953
2007: Everest southern route, Nepal (expedition chief, director of logistics and co-producer of the film Finding Life, winner of 2 awards: the People’s Choice award and Honourable Mention from the jury for cinematography)
2009: Everest northern route, Tibet (first attempt: took the Habs’ 100th anniversary flag for the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation)
2010: Mount Toubkal, Morocco (seVen TV project)
2010: Labuche Peak and Himlung Himal , Nepal
2010: Everest northern route, Tibet
2010: IRONMAN Florida (Panama City)
2011: Labuche and Mera Peak, Nepal,
2011: Cho Oyu, Tibet
2012: Labuche Peak
2012: Everest southern route, Nepal (expedition leader)