Jon Muir

Jon Robert Muir OAM (born 1961) is an Australian mountaineer who has walked through many terrains, supporting himself through his travels, becoming very skilled at bushwalking, hunting and finding resources. He is well known for walking alone across Australia, the North pole, South pole, Mt. Everest and kayaking in the ocean. He has many different achievements that are listed below, in chronological order.

Biography Muir grew up in Australia. He started rock climbing professionally.

Achievements Year Achievements 1982 Summited Mont Blanc (4807m) via the Freney Pillar 1982 Summited Grandes Jorasses (4208m) via the Walker Spur. 1982 Summited Changabang (6864m) via the south-west pillar. 1983 Summited the Matterhorn (4478m) solo via North Face 1983 Summited Piz Badile (3370m) solo via the North Face, setting a speed record in the process. 1985 Completed a winter traverse of Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Blanc. 1985 Summited the Kedarnath Dome (6850m) in a day. 1986 Summited Shivling via the south-west pillar. 1986 Again summited Mont Blanc solo, this time setting a speed record via the Frontier ridge. 1987 Summited the Kedarnath Group of mountains, with a solo ten-kilometre traverse of the peaks in 41 hours. 1988 Summited Mount Everest from the south as a member of the Australian Bicentennial Expedition. Jon reached the summit alone, and set a record when climbing the south side without sherpas. 1989 Summited Aconcagua (6960m) in a day.1989Recipient of the Order of Australia for services to mountaineering. 1995 Completed a 900 km sea kayaking trip down the Daintree River to Cape York in 62 days. 1996 Completed a solo waterless 620 km desert trek through Lake Eyre and the Tirari Desert in 34 days, pulling a 260 kg cart. 1999 Reached the South Pole as part of an expedition with Eric Philips and Peter Hillary. Arrived via the Shackleton Glacier, covering a distance of 1500 km over a period of 84 days. 1999 First solo traverse on foot of Australia's largest salt lakes – Lake Eyre, Lake Frome and Lake Gairdner. 2000 Completed an 800 km solo sea-kayaking trip along east coast of the Cape York Peninsula in 52 days. 2001 First ever unassisted crossing of Australia from Port Augusta to Burketown, covering 2500 km over 128 days.2001Australian Geographic Society's Adventurer of the Year. 2002 Reached the North Pole from Siberia, with Eric Philips.2003Recipient of the Centenary Medal for contributions made to Australian society. 2007 Completed a solo walk to geographic centre of Australia, covering a distance of 1800 km in 70 days. 2011 Made first human-powered traverse of flooded Lake Eyre, with Suzan Muir in a double kayak, a distance of 120 km in 24 hours, from mouth of the Warburton River down the Warburton Groove to Dulhunty Island then to shore at Belt Bay.