Martin Walter Schmidt (June 10, 1960 – July 27, 2013),[1] known as Marty, was a New Zealand-American mountaineer, guide and adventurer.

[4] He began climbing as a young boy, mostly in the Sierra Nevada range where he moved after finishing high school in 1978.

Joanne was hired by Kahurangi National Maori Dance Theatre based in Hastings, New Zealand in 1989.

[6][7] Schmidt climbed and guided in the mountains of Europe, South America, Africa and the Himalayas.

[8] In the 2010 Himalayan climbing season, Schmidt became the third New Zealander to summit Makalu solo and the first to do so without bottled oxygen.

[8] Schmidt led two successful expeditions to Mount Everest guiding for the Canada-based company Peak Freaks in 2012 and 2013.

[9] The place of his residency, Christchurch, New Zealand, held a memorial service for Schmidt and his son at the Horticultural Society Hall in Hagley Park.

Schmidt's daughter, Sequoia, traveled to Pakistan and K2 to search for the remains of her father and brother in 2015.