Conrad Anker (born November 27, 1962) is an American rock climber, mountaineer, and author.
[2] In 1999, he located George Mallory's body on Everest as a member of a search team looking for the remains of the British climber who was last seen in 1924.
[2] Anker had a heart attack in 2016 during an attempted ascent of Lunag Ri with David Lama.
He was flown via helicopter to Kathmandu where he underwent emergency coronary angioplasty with a stent placed in his proximal left anterior descending artery.
[6] Anker has also climbed notable routes in Yosemite Valley (California), Zion National Park (Utah), Baffin Island (Canada), and the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica.