Hayden Kennedy (climber)

Hayden Kennedy
Personal information
Born1990
DiedOctober 8, 2017(2017-10-08) (aged 26–27)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Known forPiolet d'Or (2013, 2016)
First ascentsEast Face of K7; South Face of Baintha Brakk, the Ogre (7,285m); East Face of Cerro Kishtwar, Light before Wisdom (1,200 m)

Hayden Kennedy (1990 – October 8, 2017) was an American rock climber and mountaineer who made notable ascents in North America, Patagonia and in the Himalayas. He was the son of renowned writer and mountaineer Michael Kennedy and he won the Piolet d'Or for his ascent of The Ogre in 2013, and for Light Before Wisdom in 2016.