Everest  Summitteer

Sean earned provincial colours for Surf lifesaving, at the same time developing a deep love for the ocean. In 1989 he registered at the Technikon Natal Video technology department where he graduated in 1992 with a national Diploma in Television production. He spent much of his time between studies, surfing and travelling the South African coastline in search of the perfect wave - often alone.

Sean acquired a well-known racing yacht and rebuilt her over three years. Yacht "Kiga" has embarked on many great adventures in the Indian Ocean and around the Cape since then.

Throughout it all, film-making has supported Sean with M-Net's "Carte Blanche" being the mainstay of his business, where he has worked on hundreds of stories as well as for such prestigious networks as Discovery and National Geographic. Sean has also produced many of his own documentaries, particularly those which are adventure-related.

In 1996, he accompanied Derek Watts and Cathy O'Dowd to Mount Everest , where he decided to make a documentary about the mountain, joining Alex Harris' expedition on the Northern side for the season.

In 1997, Sean followed Mike Horn's traverse of South America along the Amazon River from source to mouth on a hydrospeed (a compartmentalised "boogy" board) and in 2000, he filmed his traverse of the globe along the Equator un-motorised, "Latitude Zero". During the filming of this Sean undertook a three-month sailing adventure to Madagascar and the mid Indian Ocean region.

In 1998, he followed Alex Harris and Sean Disney to Mount Vinson in Antarctica , the highest mountain on the continent. The documentary " The Mountain of the Midnight Sun" was an award winner and is still broadcast regularly on the SABC. Reaching the summit of this great mountain was a huge achievement considering he carried his hefty Betacam camera to the top.

In January 2002 he reached the summit of Mount Aconcagua at 6900m. Then in June he reached the summit of Mount McKinley (6194M) in Alaska , the highest mountain in North America and then, on 30 May 2003 at 11.15am, Sean reached the summit of the highest of all great mountains Mount Everest at 8850m. A hugely emotional and celebratory moment. The team had struggled for two months against the worst weather seen on the mountain for decades and finally succumbed to defeat. Sean's last minute decision to take advantage of a very late weather window and try once more, paid off and he got to the top.

Sean Wisedale summited Mount Kilimanjaro on 19 th February 2004, earning him the title of the first African to have conquered the highest peaks on all seven continents.