Michael Hamill, (born July 19, 1977) is an American high altitude mountaineering guide, alpine climber, mountaineering media personality and alpine author predominately with respect to the Seven Summits. He was a featured athlete/guide in the Discovery Channel 2008 reality/documentary production, Everest: Beyond the Limits. Michael Hamill is the author of Climbing the Seven Summits,[1] " a comprehensive high altitude alpine guide book and multiple magazine articles including Zymurgy magazine’s, "Brewing on Everest."
Hamill is the owner of Climbing the Seven Summits (www.climbingthesevensummits.com), an alpine mountaineering media company, and has been a senior mountain guide at International Mountain Guides (Aug 26, 2002 – current) and Alaska Mountaineering School (May 10, 2003 – current) for 13 years. Hamill has guided 72 expeditions to altitudes exceeding 18,000 vertical feet, including 5 on Mount Everest and 18 in the Himalayas above 8,000m (26,000 ft) (Everest: spring, 2005; spring, 2008; spring, 2009; spring, 2010; spring, 2011; spring, 2012; spring, 2013: Cho Oyu: autumn, 2002; autumn, 2003; autumn, 2004; autumn, 2005; autumn, 2007; autumn, 2008; autumn, 2010; autumn, 2011: Shishapangma: autumn, 2011: Manaslu: autumn, 2012).[9] [10]