Eric Blakeley

Eric Blakeley covering the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay in Saint Helier
Plaque commemorating Eric Blakeley's round-Island swim of 2000

Eric Blakeley, MBE,[1] (born 1965),[2] is a mountaineer, adventurer, television journalist, and resident of Jersey. He has climbed the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each continent, including Mount Everest [3] He swam the English Channel in 2003.[4] He is a reporter for Channel Television.[5]

In 1997, he was awarded the Churchill Award for Courage by the States of Jersey, for his climb of Everest.[6]

In 2004, he received an MBE for services to mountaineering, sport and charity.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Order of the British Empire" (PDF). London Gazette. The Stationery Office. 2003-12-30. p. 14. Retrieved 2008-05-30. For services to Mountaineering, Sport and Charity in Jersey.
  2. ↑ "Eric Blakeley". everestnews.com. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Seven Summit Stats and Facts". everestnews.com. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  4. ↑ "CS&PF Swim Results". Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  5. ↑ >"Making the News". ITV Channel Television. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  6. ↑ STATES MINUTES 3 June 1997
  7. ↑ "Eric Blakeley MBE, Book Adventurers Speaker Eric Blakeley MBE". Tmcentertainment.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-30.


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