Meagan McGrath First Solo Canadian Woman Antartic Expedition

Major Meagan McGrath was born in Toronto, in 1977, and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. She enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1995, and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 2000, with a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry). Upon completion of her Aerospace Engineering training, Major McGrath served for a short time as the Maintenance Support Officer at 19 Air Maintenance Squadron, CFB Comox. She was then posted to Ottawa in 2001, where she worked as an Imaging Radar System Engineer, a sub-project of the Aurora Incremental Modernization Project. On August 15, 2005 Major McGrath was posted to the Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre Ottawa Detachment, the Air Force Experimentation Centre. Most recently, Maj McGrath has been working on the implementation of a Canadian Forces wide logistics tool.

Since 2002, Major Meagan McGrath has climbed many peaks throughout the world, in an attempt to climb the “Seven Summits” – the highest peak on each continent. At 0507hrs, on 21 May 2007, Major McGrath summitted Mount Everest, achieving her goal to climb the Seven Summits. In January 2008, she became the First Canadian Woman to summit the Carstenz Pyramid version of the Seven Summits, becoming the only Canadian woman to achieve both versions of this mountain challenge. She continues to pursue her dream to climb the highest peaks in the world. SUMMARY OF SEVEN SUMMIT CLIMBING EXPEDITIONSJan 2008 Carstenz Pyramid (16,023ft), Indonesia. Carstenz Pyramid is the one of the “Seven Summits”. May 21, 2007 Mount Everest (29,035 ft), Nepal. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the World, and as it is the highest mountain in Asia, is one of the “Seven Summits”. Apr 2006 Kosciuszko (7,310 ft), Australia. Kosciuszko is one of the “Seven Summits”. Jun/Jul 2005 Attempted Gasherbrum II (26,360 ft), Pakistan. 14th highest mountain in the world. Summit attempt aborted due to extreme avalanche danger. Preparation for Everest in 2007. Dec 2004 Vinson Massif (16,066 ft) Antarctica. Vinson Massif is one of the “Seven Summits”. Aug 2003 Mount Elbrus (18,481 ft), Russia. Mount Elbrus is one of the “Seven Summits”. June 2003 Mount McKinley (20,320 ft), USA. Mount McKinley is one of the “Seven Summits”. Dec 2002 Aconcagua (22,841ft), Argentina is the tallest mountain in the world, outside of Asia, and it is the tallest mountain in the Western hemisphere. Aconcagua is one of the "Seven Summits". Apr 2002 2 weeks on Safari in Africa (Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, etc) 1 week climbing Kilimanjaro (successful summit). Kilimanjaro (19,563 ft), an anomaly in Africa, as it is the only glaciated peak on the continent. Kilimanjaro is one of the “Seven Summits”.

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