Nathan Dahlberg (22 February 1965 – 22 August 2024)

was a father, Professional cyclist, mountaineer, adventurer and philosopher from New Zealand.

"I spent a well-remembered evening in my sack watching the stars swing across a clear frosty sky. To know a mountain you must sleep upon it." - Nathan Dahlberg

He dedicated his life to his family, his thirst for adventure. He dedicated it to the mountains, especially those culminating in those of Central Asia. Spending countless days on mountains and roads in China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and beyond.
”He raced with 7-Eleven and Motorola and had a long and successful career, travelling all over the world. Now Dahlberg has a full and varied life: Mountain climber, pilot, explorer, film maker… the list goes on.” - pezd

On this website you can read about Nathan’s life, read his journals and view photos from his life and his many expeditions.

Nathan was an avid writer from a very young age, this site features only a small fraction of what he wrote and over time more will be uploaded here. If you want to read about Nathan’s adventure journals and other (written 2015 onwards) you can by viewing his blog

Nathan Dahlber’s lived An adventurous and dynamic life.

He is the father of 5 children
He rode professionally for both 7-Eleven & Motorola
He raced in the Tour de France twice.
He obtained his pilots license
He climbed unnamed peaks throughout Central Asia
He made documentary films
He was a philanthropist like his father, silently funded the Kaghan Memorial Trust helping thousands of young lives.
He coached and trained many athletes both globally and throughout New Zealand, helping them to achieve the same as he did in sports.
He attempted world record feats

But most of all, Nathan lived truely to what he believed.

Cycling Stats & Media for Nathan Dahlberg

Expedition 2018 , the first exploration of the Glacial region close to Zhidio on the Tibetan Plateau (for photos on previous years Expeditions please go to Expeditions)

Featured images in this gallery are from his expedition to the Zhidoi Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau - and the 2019 expedition over the Baltoro Glacier and Gondogoro pass to Kandi in Hushe valley for an attempt on the un-climbed Bondit peak.

History

PAST ARCHIVES

Pre 2013 photo archives

Missions

PAST EXPEDITIONS

2013 Kashmir & Ladak 4 weeks cycling and trekking and mountaineering.
2014 Karakorum Highway 6 weeks cycling and trekking and mountaineering.
2014 Sichuan West China 3 weeks cycling.
2015 Broad Peak and the Baltoro Glacier 6 weeks mountaineering and trekking.
2017 Kyrgyzstan 6 weeks of Velo - mountaineering.
2018 Qinghai - Tibet velo - mountaineering exploration on parts of the Tibetan plateau.
2019 Bondit peak climb via the Baltoro Glacier and Gondogoro pass.

Planned Future missions in 2020

More Velo mountaineering exploration on the Qinghai Tibet plateau.

Pakistan northern areas 2020

Philosophy

BECAUSE IT’S THERE

A rambling and hopefully rambunctious account of my own philosophical persuasions - perhaps!! I use Philosophy in the full Elizabethan sense of the word in which Philosophy is science , history , physics , meta physics, religion, geology , alchemy etc etc, with even a little philosophy thrown in for good measure.