About Meagan McGrath
Major Meagan McGrath was born in Toronto, in 1977,
and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. She enrolled in the
Canadian Forces in 1995, and graduated from the Royal
Military College of Canada in 2000, with a Bachelor
of Science (Chemistry). Upon completion of her
Aerospace Engineering training, Major McGrath
served for a short time as the Maintenance Support
Officer at 19 Air Maintenance Squadron, CFB Comox.
She was then posted to Ottawa in 2001, where she
worked as an Imaging Radar System Engineer, a
sub-project of the Aurora Incremental Modernization
Project. On August 15, 2005 Major McGrath was posted
to the Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre Ottawa
Detachment, the Air Force Experimentation Centre.
Most recently, Maj McGrath has been working on the
implementation of a Canadian Forces-wide logistics tool.
Since 2002, Meagan McGrath has climbed
many peaks throughout the world, in an attempt
to climb the “Seven Summits” – the highest peak
on each continent. At 0507hrs, on 21 May 2007,
Meagan summitted Mount Everest, achieving
her goal to climb the Seven Summits (Kosciuszko version). In January 2008,
she became the First Canadian Woman to summit the
Carstenz Pyramid version of this mountain challenge,
becoming the only Canadian woman to achieve both
versions of the Seven Summits.
Mountains are Meagan's passion, but she has always had a fascination
with desert environments.
On 15 January 2010, Meagan
completed the first Canadian Solo, Ski to the South Pole.
Travelling over 1095km in 40 days, she hauled a sled weighing
just over 200lbs across a vast area of Antartica.
Following her polar expedition, Meagan will continue to
pursue her dream to climb the highest peaks in the world.
SUMMARY OF SEVEN SUMMIT CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS
Jan 2008 Carstenz Pyramid (16,023ft),
Indonesia. Carstenz Pyramid is the one of the “Seven Summits”.
May 21, 2007 Mount Everest (29,035
ft), Nepal. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in
the World, and as it is the highest mountain in Asia, is one of the
“Seven Summits”.
Apr 2006 Kosciuszko (7,310
ft), Australia. Kosciuszko is one of the “Seven
Summits”.
Jun/Jul 2005 Attempted Gasherbrum II
(26,360 ft), Pakistan. 14th highest mountain in the
world. Summit attempt aborted due to extreme avalanche
danger. Preparation for Everest in 2007.
Dec 2004 Vinson Massif (16,066 ft)
Antarctica. Vinson Massif is one of the “Seven
Summits”.
Aug 2003 Mount Elbrus (18,481 ft),
Russia. Mount Elbrus is one of the “Seven Summits”.
June 2003 Mount McKinley (20,320 ft),
USA. Mount McKinley is one of the “Seven Summits”.
Dec 2002 Aconcagua (22,841ft), Argentina
is the tallest mountain in the world, outside of Asia,
and it is the tallest mountain in the Western hemisphere.
Aconcagua is one of the "Seven Summits".
Apr 2002 2 weeks on Safari in Africa
(Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, etc)
1 week climbing Kilimanjaro (successful summit).
Kilimanjaro (19,563 ft), an anomaly in Africa, as it
is the only glaciated peak on the continent. Kilimanjaro
is one of the “Seven Summits”.
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