Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll

Date of Birth: 1981-02-07
Place of Birth: Hoeilaart, Belgium

Biography

Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll is a professional Spanish-Irish climber and mountaineer born in Belgium. He is known for his free climbing ascents of big walls, in high-mountain and polar regions. He re... Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll is a professional Spanish-Irish climber and mountaineer born in Belgium. He is known for his free climbing ascents of big walls, in high-mountain and polar regions. He received a Piolet d'Or in 2010 for an expedition in Greenland, and a second Piolet d'Or in 2022 for his solo traverse of Fitz Roy.