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Nadav Ben Yehuda

Nadav Ben Yehuda is an Israeli mountain climber, rescuer and photographer, and the first Israeli to climb Mount Annapurna I.

born 1988First Israeli on Annapurna IThe 2012 Everest rescueSearch and rescue in Nepal

Born: 29 February 1988
Occupation: mountaineer, photographer, keynote speaker, consultant

Nadav Ben Yehuda was born in 1988

Nadav Ben Yehuda was born on February 29, 1988. He works as a mountain climber, search and rescue professional, photographer and speaker.

In 2012, while climbing Mount Everest, he stopped below the summit to rescue an unconscious climber from Turkey. Both men survived, but Ben Yehuda was badly hurt, and there were fears his right hand's fingers would be amputated. He received the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor for this rescue.

In October 2014 the Israeli Embassy in Nepal called on him for search and rescue after the snowstorm disaster in the Himalayas and after a bus crash in the Langtang area. That year he also climbed Cho Oyu.

In 2015 he became the first Israeli to reach the summit of Mount Elbrus in winter, and he married Lena Malenkovich. On May 1, 2016, he became the first Israeli to climb Annapurna I. In 2017 he climbed Manaslu without supplemental oxygen in 14 days.

In May 2018 he fell and was injured below the summit of Kangchenjunga. He spent a night and a day alone above 8,000 meters before he was found and rescued with frostbite and serious injuries.