Charles Miske Bio

Charles Miske, age 54, author, climber, trailrunner and business consultant, is on the Seven Summits Quest - to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Additionally, he is climbing the Volcanic Seven Summits - the highest volcano on each of the seven continents.

In that Quest he has climbed:

Mount Kilimanjaro 01 January 2010
Pico de Orizaba 05 March 2013
Carstensz Pyramid 30 April 2013

Carstensz Pyramid - one of the most difficult of the Seven Summits

Other notable successful climbing objectives include

Rainier Kautz (Washington)
Rainier Liberty Ridge (Washington)
Illiniza Norte (Ecuador)
Illiniza Sur (Ecuador)

He has also climbed a number of Colorado 14'ers, including winter ascents. He is a rock climber as well as an ice climber, and trains regularly in both skills. In September 2013 he placed 5th at Elbrus Race, although with the race taking place in a storm they moved the finish line down to just below the saddle. He trained athlete Todd Gilles who took 3rd place, being the first American to place in 20 years.

Charles and Todd at the Elbrus Race 2013 Qualifier

In business, Charles was in charge of tech support for a software company in Kansas City MO and was moved to Salt Lake City UT by a pre-IPO Cloud Services company to direct tech support and web programming. Upon the withdrawal of the VC, he took a position as a database administrator with a marketing company specializing in elective surgery. Charles and three other employees then broke away to form their own niche marketing company in Orem UT which has been successful for over a decade. Effective January 2014 he is no longer affiliated with that company and is now a full time author and coach.

Charles resting after a hard day of training

As an author, Charles has published books chronicling the Seven Summits Quest, currently available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and from his own website on PDF. He's written diet and weight training books as well. For more information refer to:

Charles Miske Author Page on Amazon
Charles Miske Author Page on B&N
Charles Miske Author Website

Having lost 50 lb of fat and improving his body composition and health through his mountaineering training, Charles is a strong advocate of a healthy active lifestyle and has written a training guide that is being tested out by a select group from Facebook. Later this year he will release the training program in the context of a coaching services company to assist others in finding the ability within themselves to succeed in their own health and fitness goals.

Advocate of family fitness and athleticism