Jake Julian Barrington Meyer (born 20 January 1984) is a British mountaineer and adventurer. He achieved fame by becoming the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest in 2005, aged 21 years 4 months. In doing so, Meyer also became the youngest man in the world to complete the Seven Summits challenge. More recently in 2018 he summited K2, the second highest mountain in the world. He has taken part in over 30 expeditions around the world. Early life From Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England, Meyer was educated at Beaudesert Park School, Hawtreys, Cheam School and Marlborough College, then embarked on the study of Environmental Geoscience at Bristol University, where he was also a member of Bristol University Officer Training Corps. He has since been commissioned into the Royal Wessex Yeomanry as an Armoured Troop Leader and has served in Afghanistan. Meyer began climbing at 13. Aged 15, he saw in the new millennium with his father from the crater rim of his first summit, Kilimanjaro. At 18, he climbed Mount Elbrus in Southern Russia, Europe's highest peak. In 2002, he was awarded with a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust travelling fellowship to climb Elbrus (aged 18), Aconcagua (aged 18), Denali (aged 19) and Mount Kosciuszko (aged 19), the highest peaks in North and South America and Australia. He then climbed Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, before attempting Everest. Everest Meyer ascended from the Tibetan side, via the North Col-North East Ridge route. The climb started on 2 April 2005, reaching the summit on 4 June 2005. He was accompanied by Diahanne Gilbert, the Scottish team leader, and two Sherpas, Mingma Nuru and Anil Bhattarai. Meyer's climb was in aid of the Children's Wish Foundation. Mountaineering/Adventures Meyer is a self-confessed peak-bagger/Highpointer and enjoys collecting country highpoints around the world. Many of these are not considered technical challenges, or may not even count as a true mountain, however they often represent a logistical challenge, or a mini adventure to a country, region or area which he wouldn't otherwise travel to, and visit with family/friends. To date this includes: Europe: UK, Ireland, Spain, Malta, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Russia North America:USA, Mexico, Barbados South America: Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador Asia: Nepal/China, Pakistan, Oman, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia Africa: Egypt; Morocco; Kenya; Tanzania; Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Mauritius Australasia: Mount Kosciuszko Antarctica: Vinson Massif Records Meyer has broken and holds or