Andreas Breitfuss

Andreas Breitfuss

Andreas Breitfuss on Mt. Everest
Born (1969-09-09) September 9, 1969
Cooma, NSW Australia
Occupation General Manager at VENUESL!VE
Website Breitfuss.com.au

Andreas Breitfuss is an Australian hospitality professional and mountain climber.[1] He summited Mount Everest on May 19, 2012.[2]

Early life

Andreas grew up in Perisher Valley, New South Wales and begun skiing as a toddler. He was skiing competitively by age 7 and joined Australia's freestyle ski team at 18. After four years with the Australian national ski team a knee injury forced Breitfuss to retire from competitive skiing at the age of 23.[1]

In 1990 Breitfuss, along with his brother Kristian, Justin Melvey, and Mark Neave, cheated in a "Dash for Cash" ski race at Perisher and took the $5000 cash prize. The money was eventually returned and the group paid a $1000 fine.[3]

Career

Andreas graduated from the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School in Australia and began his career as the Food and Beverage Manager of the Thredbo Alpine Hotel.[4] In 1999 he received a New South Wales tourism award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism by a Young Achiever.[5]

From 2009 to 2012 Andreas was the General Manager of Tower Estate and held multiple roles including Maître de Maison of Tower Lodge and creator of the restaurant Nine. During his tenure Tower Lodge joined the prestigious Relais & Chateaux association and was named the Best Global Luxury Lodge at the 2010 World Luxury Hotel Awards.[6] Nine was named Best Restaurant in a Winery at the 2011 Savour National Restaurant & Catering Awards[7] and awarded Restaurant of the Year (Hunter Valley) in the Catering Hostplus Regional NSW Awards for Excellence.[8]

A third generation hotelier, his father Franz Breitfuss opened Chalaet Sonnenhof at Perisher and his great-grandmother owned four hotels in Sydney.[6]

He is the current General Manager of VENUESL!VE, the management company for Sydney's ANZ Stadium and Perth Stadium in Perth.[9][10]

Andreas wrote the textbook Marketing Maneuvers: Marketing Moves for Your Business (Chegg).[11]

Mountaineering

Andreas reached the summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route on May 19, 2012. It was a congested day on the mountain with hundreds of people trying to descend and ascend at the same time.[12] He was one of 234 climbers that reached the peak of everest in a single day, a Guinness World Record.[13] Breitfuss carried a GPS the entire distance to the top, which enabled his progress to be tracked online.[1]

The 2012 season was the worst since 1996 with eleven deaths,[14] four of which perished on the same day Andreas summited.[15]

A novice climber, he trained for Everest for a year, which included the ascent of Pumori[1] in the Himalayas and the use of a rock climbing wall built on the grounds of Tower Estate.[16] In 2017 Andreas plans to summit Everest via the Northern route.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Milsom, Rosemarie. "Climbing Mount Everest a dream come true". The Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "2012 Spring Mt. Everest Summiteers Name list (climbing from Nepal side)". Asian Trekking. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Cullen, Glenn. "The Hollywood actor, stolen loot & the little told story of the 1990 Dash for Cash". The Snow Gauge. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mountains of opportunity". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales: Fairfax Media. 30 January 1994. p. 54. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales: Fairfax Media. 10 July 1999. p. 185. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. 1 2 Bhandari, Neena. "How a $720-a-night hotel shot to glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Andreas Breitfuss Departs Tower Estate". ETB Travel News. Travel News Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "The secret to dining success at Nine in the Hunter Valley". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Alumni Profile". Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Perth: Operator selected, stadium reaches 40%". Stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  11. ↑ http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/andreas-breitfuss-author
  12. ↑ Browne, David. "Everest's Deadly Traffic Jam". Men's Journal. Men's Journal LLC. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Highest mountain". Guinness World Records. Jim Pattison Group. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Eberle, Lukas. "Congestion in the Death Zone: The Story Behind another Deadly Year on Everest". Der Spiegel. Spiegel-Verlag. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Deaths - Spring 2012". The Himalayan Database. The American Alpine Club. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  16. ↑ Tyler, Heather. "Climbing the wall for Everest". Taste For Travel. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "3D RealityMaps tracks Andreas Breitfuss on his ascent to Everest". Mount Everest 3D. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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