Sean Burch

Awards and honors Year Award Awarding Body Notes Refs 2004 Commendation Virginia General Assembly Joint House Resolution #218 - Honoring 1st Virginian to Summit Mount Everest 2010 U.S. Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal Nepalese Government Awarded by Sharat Singh Bhandari Guinness World Record: Jump Rope at Altitude Guinness World Records 26,181 ft Distinguished Achievement Mongolian National Mountaineering Federation Most First Ascents in Mongolia "Year’s Best" Nomination National Geographic Adventure "This Year's Greatest Feat" Men's Journal: The Record Book Adventure Athlete of the Year Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine Gold ADDY Award, Photographer Roanoke College Magazine Cover Medal King of Nepal For solo summit of Mount Everest

Personal life In 2001, Burch and married Gabrielle, a schoolteacher, at Mount Whitney in California's Sierra Nevada range. They met when she attended one of his kickboxing classes. They have a son, Hans. In the early 2000s, the family lived in Washington D.C. Burch, now divorced, has since moved to Warrenton, Virginia.