Jerry Gore
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Climber, Public Speaker, Writer, and joint owner of AlpBase.com!
Born in the UK in 1961, and married with two children, Jerry has enjoyed two very diverse and contrasting careers throughout his life, the first as a businessman, the second as a professional expedition mountaineer, involved in the world of extreme climbing, over a 30 year period. The third major element to Jerry's life is Diabetes. Jerry was diagnosed as a Type 1 insulin-dependant diabetic on January 31st 2001. Though new to diabetes, Jerry continues to live his life to the full and has not let this chronic condition stop his active outdoor, family or business lives.
Jerry Gore crossed the Iceland Icecap in 1977 when he was 16, summitted Mont Blanc at 17 and climbed a 7000-meter giant Manaslu North in the Himalayas at 22. After leaving school he worked as the Mountain Co-ordinator for the Alberta Province, the aim of which was to climb the 75 classic peaks of the Alberta Rockies. Following this he undertook a Short Service Commission in the Royal Marines, during which he spent three winters developing major ice climbing areas in Arctic Norway, as well as succeeding on military expeditions to the Nepalese and Indian Himalaya. He was awarded the Commandant General's personal commendation - the most outstanding Royal Marine - in 1984 for his rescue of Norwegian civilians.
He has climbed abroad on an expedition every year since 1977 including remote mountain ranges in the Alps, the Himalaya, South and North America, and Patagonia. But his enduring passion is for Big Walls, sheer rock walls over 1000m. in vertical height.
Jerry's other key career direction has been in the world of marketing. A senior management professional with 15 years experience in the Outdoor Industry, Jerry has held key positions including Marketing Director for Cotswold Outdoor, and Head of Marketing at 9feet.com. A member of the Institute of Direct Marketing and Chartered Institute of Marketing he has a proven track record of work within Commercial, Voluntary and Military sectors including extensive work with outdoor organizations such as the BMC, MLTB, PYB, Sports Council, and the MEF.
MOTIVATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: A public speaker since 1994, Jerry has developed his role as an inspirational speaker across Europe to Business, Outdoor and Diabetic communities. Key clients and conferences include Hewlett Packard, Pri-Med, ENER-G, Expedition Logistics, BMC Festival of Climbing, Camping and Outdoor Leisure Association (COLA), Operation Raleigh, The Royal Geographical Society, Eton College, St Paul's College, The Mount Everest Foundation, Mountains for Active Diabetics 2003-2010, l'Association Nationale des Medecins et Sauveteurs en Montagne (France), Roche Diagnostics GmbH (Germany), and The Lilly/IDF Congress - 2005(Bulgaria).
SHEER7 CHALLENGE: Started in 2001 this is Jerry's personal version of the seven summits challenge (the highest summit on each of the 7 continents) -The Sheer7 Challenge is to climb the hardest alpine rock wall on each of the 7 continents. This project is the equivalent of climbing Mt Everest seven times and all by different routes! Jerry has four more climbs still to go.
ALPBASE.COM: Since 2003 Jerry has lived in the Southern French Alps together with his wife Jackie and their two children, Elizabeth and Charlotte, where they run AlpBase.com. They offer chalets and apartments for weekly rentals, and bespoke school, business and diabetic courses year round.
