| Name: | Brian McCullough |
| Birthdate: | December 7, 1959 |
| Birthplace: | Livermoore, California |
| Residence: | Talkeetna, Alaska |
| Family: | Two children: Tenaya (16) is a student at the Pratt Institute of Art and Design and runs Denali expeditions, and Natalie (15) who lives in Seattle. |
| Occupation: | Custom home builder; fireplace builder; stone mason; heavy equipment company owner. |
| Work history: | Mountaineering, guiding |
| Personal Hero: | My dad |
| Accomplishments: | I build great houses like the home I live in now, which includes an oak spiral staircase and a 35 foot tall Rumford fireplace with up to 800 pounds of rock. I am a good dad -- my daughter was president of her junior class and an all-state cheerleader. I was very involved in the development of the Dateline NBC piece featuring Ed Hommer; I contributed 19 photographs. I rescued a climber on Denali, one year before he lost both feet to frostbite on Mt. Everest. |
| How
long I’ve been a mountain climber: |
Since 1974 |
| How I became interested in mountain climbing: | My dad was from Alaska and was very interested in mountaineering. We went out climbing every weekend. |
| How
I became part of this expedition: |
Sheer Luck. I worked on filming with Ed in the Alaska Range last year on the south face of the Mooses Tooth. |
| Responsibilities
on the expedition: |
Take photographs, break trail, carry load, lead the route. |
| Goals for the expedition: | For the team to come home safely. To get Ed as high as possible. |
| What
the expedition means to me: |
Getting together with friends; adventure; over twenty year history with climbing; celebrating the grand circle of life. |
| How
I know Ed Hommer: |
I was one of the rescuers who located Ed when his plane crashed on Mt. McKinley in 1981. |
| Childhood memory: | Family vacation to Mexico |
| Hobbies: | Photography |
| Interesting
fact about myself: |
I am the strongest guy wherever I go; I’ve never lost in arm wrestling. |
| Favorite Authors: | James Michener and Tom Clancey |
| Favorite Food: | Mexican |
| Favorite TV Show: | I don’t watch TV. |
| Favorite Music: | Natalie Merchantc |
| Favorite Movie: | “Eiger Sanction” starring Clint Eastwood as an assassin during a mountain climbing trip |