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Daniel Paul Fredinburg
Born(1981-09-08)September 8, 1981
Mission Viejo, California
DiedApril 25, 2015(2015-04-25) (aged 33)
Mount Everest's South Base Camp
Cause of deathHead injuries resulting from an avalanche
EducationUniversity of California-Irvine
Occupation(s)Manager and head of privacy at Google X

Paul "Dan" Fredinburg[1] (September 8, 1981 – April 25, 2015) was a Google executive, climate activist, inventor, explorer and entrepreneur, who died on April 25, 2015 of head injuries in an avalanche at Mount Everest's South Base Camp triggered by the 2015 Nepal earthquake.[2]

Life

Fredinburg grew up on a farm in Norfork, Arkansas, and left home at age 15 to attend the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts in Hot Springs.[3][4] He graduated from the University of California-Irvine in 2004, and earned advanced degrees from the University of Southern California, Stanford University, and the University of California-Berkeley.[5][6] He began working for Google in 2007.[5]

Fredinburg dated actress Sophia Bush from January 2013 to February 2014.[6][7][8]

Work

Fredinburg was a product manager and head of privacy at Google X,[9] an advisor on Project Loon,[10] and the co-founder of Save the Ice. He had also worked on YouTube and Google Maps.[11] He launched Google Adventure Team, an effort to map geological areas and formations on Earth at a similar level of detail to Google Earth's street-level view of cities, towns, and other populated areas (including the Great Barrier Reef, the floors of the oceans, and high and/or remote mountains and mountain ranges, including the Himalayas).[12][13][14][15]

Fredinburg invented and patented several software technologies.[16]

Expeditions

Fredinburg was part of Mount Everest expedition's, to map the mountain side for Google Maps. In a 2013 interview for Time magazine, he explained the mapping goal:[17]

Different adventurers and people who want to explore from the comfort of their homes have the opportunity to explore and see these different corners of the world.

— Dan Fredinburg

On the 24th of April 2015, Fredinburg unrolled a banner on top of Kala Patthar, for the climate change cause SaveTheIce.org.[18][19]

Fredinburg, who had been on the mountain for three weeks[6] and who had spoken of his narrow escape from the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche which killed 16 Nepalese guides,[4][20] was one of four American citizens killed in the 2015 Mount Everest-South Base Camp disaster, following the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

Although he had not yet reached the summit of Everest, the highest peak in Asia, Fredinburg had topped five of the so-called "Seven Summits" using the same pair of hiking boots (including Mount Elbrus in Europe, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and Aconcagua in South America, all three of which he had photographed for Google).[21][22] Fredinburg also summited the difficult and relatively inaccessible Puncak Jaya ("Carstensz Pyramid"), highest peak in Oceania, and was briefly jailed after descending into nearby Grasberg mine.[21]

Social causes

A 2014 SaveTheIce.org project in the Baltic states was featured in the Discovery Digital Networks production In the Making.[23]

Fredinburg was the founder of The Laundry, a San Francisco-based business incubator helping accelerate startups with a social impact.[5][24]

Legacy

In the wake of his death, former girlfriend Sophia Bush urged donations to OrphanGift, through a Crowdrise page set up by Max Goldstein of Google in Fredinburg's memory.[25][26]

LiveDan, a campaign website was launched by his friends and partners, with the scope on the principles that guided Fredinburg's life.[27]

References

  1. ^ California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  2. ^ Conor Dougherty (April 25, 2015). "'Google Adventurer' Dies on Mt. Everest". New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Bob Heist (April 27, 2015). "Dan Fredinburg: Norfork native killed in avalanche". The Baxter Bulletin. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Carole Cadwalladr (April 25, 2015). "Google's Dan Fredinburg was 'charismatic and always the centre of attention'". The Guardian. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Tom Cleary (April 26, 2015). "Dan Fredinburg Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Lindsay Kimble (April 25, 2015). "Sophia Bush Speaks of Heartbreak as Ex-Boyfriend Is First American Confirmed Dead in Nepal Earthquake". People. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  7. ^ JR Tungol (April 30, 2013). "Sophia Bush's New Boyfriend: Google Program Manager Dan Fredinburg". Initernational Business Times. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  8. ^ Melody Chiu (August 6, 2014). "Sophia Bush and Boyfriend Dan Fredinburg Have Split". People. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  9. ^ Google Exec Dies In Quake-Triggered Avalanche Sky News. 26 April 2015
  10. ^ Gardiner Harris (April 25, 2015). "At Least 10 Everest Climbers Killed as Nepal Quake Sets Off Avalanche". New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  11. ^ Aly Weisman (August 1, 2013). "Actress Sophia Bush Gushes About Google Exec Boyfriend: 'He's The Spark To My Flame'". Business Insider. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  12. ^ Gregory Korte and Aamer Madhani (April 26, 2015). "Mount Everest avalanche survivor: 'I had to survive'". USA Today. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  13. ^ Phil Helsel and Cassandra Vinograd (April 26, 2015). "Nepal Earthquake: Dan Fredinburg, Tom Taplin Killed on Mount Everest". NBC News. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  14. ^ Goldman, David (April 26, 2015). "Google executive killed in Nepal earthquake while hiking Everest". CNN Money. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  15. ^ "Remembering Dan Fredinburg". OutsideOnline. April 27, 2015.
  16. ^ "Patents by Inventor Dan Fredinburg". Justia. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  17. ^ "What Mount Everest Victim Dan Fredinburg Said About Visiting Nepal in 2013".
  18. ^ "Day 20: Saving ice on top of Kala Patthar. Everest Basecamp in the background is a climate change hotspot". Instagram. April 24, 2015.
  19. ^ "Save the Ice press release" (PDF). SaveTheIce.org. April 25, 2015.
  20. ^ "Climate change makes risks of climbing Mount Everest even greater, say scientists". The Telegraph. April 23, 2014.
  21. ^ a b Natalie Spencer (February 18, 2015). "The World According to Dan Fredinburg". Startup Grind. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  22. ^ Nolan Feeney (March 18, 2013). "Google Maps Explores World's Tallest Mountains". TIME. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  23. ^ In The Making (September 4, 2014). "A Viking Vacation".
  24. ^ "Google Explorer Killed on Everest Raised Awareness About Climate". Bloomberg Business. April 26, 2015.
  25. ^ Rachel McRady (April 26, 2015). "Sophia Bush Helps Raise Money For Late Ex Dan Fredinburg's Charity Following His Tragic Death on Mt. Everest". US Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  26. ^ Celebrating Dan, Crowdrise.com fundraising page for OrphanGift, accessed April 27, 2015.
  27. ^ "Dan Fredinburg's Loved Ones Launch Campaign Dedicated To 'Living Life As An Adventure'". April 27, 2015.

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