Simone Moro was born in 1967. He is an Alpine guide, athlete, federal instructor and was, from 1992-1996, the trainer of Italy’s national sport climbing team (F.A.S.I.).
He has been climbing since the age of thirteen, and today he does it full time as an alpine expedition climber of the world’s highest mountains (Himalayas, Karakorum, Thien Shan, Pamir, Andes, Patagonia, and Antartica).

In 1992 Simone Moro attempted Everest; in 1993, in winter, he climbed Aconcagua and Cerro Mirador; Makalu also in ’93; Shisha Pangma and Lhoste in ’94 and Kangchenjunga in ’95; Fitz Roy, Dhaulagiri and Shisha Pangma in ’96; Lhoste in ’97; Annapurna in the winter of '97; Everest again in 98; Pik Lenin (7134), Pik Korjenevska (7105), Pik Kommunism (7495), Pik Khan Tengri (7010) and Everest in 2000; Marble Wall in winter 2001; Everest-Lhoste in 2001; Cho Oyu and Everest in 2002; Antartica’s Mount Vinson, Kilimanjaro, Broad Peak e Elbrus 2003, Baruntse 2004, Shisha Pangma first winter ascent, Batura and Batokshi Peak 2005, solo traverse south-north Everest 2006.
Some of these summits were reached. The first big success for Simone Moro was the 8516m climb up Lhoste in 1994 in only 13 hours (17 hours in total) leaving from 6330m. The way was finished some meters below the summit due to bad weather and snow drifts.

Another important achievement was the combined 8b-8000m in one calendar year (1994). What is more, the climbing difficulty (8b) and the way up from one mountain to the other’s 8000m summit were without oxygen. To be able to have the technical and physical qualities needed to move through such varying terrains and to have done it in the same season is an achievement few (maybe no one) up to now have accomplished.
Simone’s most recent accomplishments are, all the 4 mountains over 7000m in Russia in only 33 days (a record), in 1996 Fitz Roy’s 3341m west wall completely following the “Supercanaleta” in a total of 25 hours up and down. In the same year he climbed South Shisha Pangma’s 8008m without oxygen in 27 hours (20 hours of total climbing) from the base camp and skied down from 7100 meters.
On May 26, 1997 Simone returned to the summit of Lhoste, the 4th highest mountain in the world, again without oxygen. He went with Anatoli Boukreev. December 1997 was Simone’s first attempt at the southern wall of Annapurna in Winter. Due to Boukreev’s fatal accident the attempt was called off.

The latest most notable climbs are the double climbs of Everest in 2000 and 2002, the climb of Cho Oyu’s 8201m and the reaching of the 4895m summit of Vinson in Antartica also in 2002.
2003 began with Simone climbing Kilimanjaro’s 5895m and receiving important awards and recognition like the Fair Play Pierre de Cubertin trophy in Paris from UNESCO and the Civilian Gold Medal of Valor from Italian president Ciampi and the region of Lombardy.
Simone has also received the prestigious David Sowles from the American Alpine Club. He received the above recognition and awards for an extreme rescue he made alone, climbing without oxygen and reaching the 8000m on the 8516m wall of Lhoste. Interrupting his climb and risking his own life, Simone looked for, found and carried English alpinist Tom Moores to safety.
In the last two years Simone realised two historical climbs. The new route on the north-west face of Baruntse North 7056 m (named also Khali Himal) and the first ever winter climb of Shisha Pangma 8027m along the south face. (from www.simonemoro.com)