Climbing Everest: Pavlos Tsiantos at TEDxAthens 2012

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About Speaker:

Pavlos Tsiantos studied Sound Engineering & Music Production in STC Dublin Ireland and later graduated with BA in Cinema and TV Directing from QMUC Edinburgh. He is also a passionate mountain climber since the age of eighteen.In 2008 he completed a National Climbing Instructor training and a year later became a Mountain Guide. As expected, he likes to combine his two passions and specializes in nature and music documentaries. His previous works "Cho Oyu" (2005) and "Schoolwave" (2007) were both awarded with the "Audience Award" at the International Documentary Film Festival of Thessaloniki. However his career peaked when he decided to climb the summit of Mount Everest with his fellow companions of the First Hellenic National Expedition to Everest and complete a film about the event, becoming the first Greek who ever tried to do so.

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