Sean Burch (born June 8, 1972) is an American explorer, leadership performance specialist, and filmmaker. He is author of the book, Hyperfitness: 12 Weeks to Reaching Your Inner Everest and Getting into the Best Shape of Your Life (Penguin Random House). He holds 8 World Records within fitness and adventure, and was winner of National Geographic Channel’s Ultimate Survival Alaska TV show. Burch is the creator and founder of Hyperfitness, a wellness program. He was named Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal by their country's government. He resides within the Washington DC area. Film making career Burch began filming his expeditions in 2003 on Mount Everest as a way to record his solo expeditions in remote regions around the world. His documentary film, The Icefall Doctor on the original Icefall Doctor of the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest completed post-production in late 2021. Burch serves as a producer, director, and cinematographer. Sean Burch - IMDb This film as been featured in numerous film festivals around the world, winning Best Film in the Torello Mountain Film Festival in Spain in 2022 and Best Film Mountains, Sports, & Adventure at Slovenia's largest film festival Festival Gorniskega Filma in 2023. His second film of a 3-part series on The Icefall Doctors of Mount Everest is a short film Samdo Sherpa, based on one family’s lives which interweave under Everest’s shadow. The matriarch Samdo Sherpa moved to Kathmandu after her husband’s Angnima Sherpa premature death to become a Buddhist nun in a monastery. Filmography Ascents and Expeditions of Note 2000: Wrangell–St. Elias National Park, Alaska, First Ascents (3) of previously unclimbed mountain peaks 2001: Shishapangma, Tibet, reached summit with Dan Mazur 2002: Aconcagua, Argentina fastest American Ascent 2002: East Greenland First Ascents (14) in Gronau Nunatakker region 2003: Mount Everest, Nepal 2004: North Pole Marathon, first place 2005: Mount Kilimanjaro, summit in 5 hours, 28 minutes and 48 seconds 2006: First ascents (63) of Mountain Peaks in 23 days, solo, Tibet 2009: Winter Ascent of Mount Fuji, Japan 2010: Crossed Nepal via Himalaya Range from India Border to Tibet Border 2014: First Ascents (23) of Previously Unclimbed Mountains, solo, in Mongolia 2016: First Ascents (31) in 21 days, solo, Nepal Photojournalism and videography (2003) USA Today "Mount Everest Climber Returns Somewhat Intact" (2005) Boston Sunday Globe "Fitness Buff Reaches New Heights in a Hurry" (2010) Reuters, "Upper Dolpa" (2010) Associated Press, "Tibet Border at Humla", Nepal