Our Story

“It’s called Seven Summits Snacks!”

I woke up with a jolt in the night, sat straight up, and started writing down this burst of inspiration that came to me. 

I looked at the clock: it was 4:00AM (GMT).

I thought to myself “Robin should be on the summit now. That was crazy” and went back to bed.

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When I woke up just two hours later, my life changed forever. Robin did summit Mount Everest around 8:00AM NPT, May 25th, 2019. He passed away shortly after, reportedly at 8:30AM NPT. If you do the math, that was about the time I woke up with my wave of inspiration. Robin sent me a message and this company was officially born.

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This jolt wasn’t a completely new idea sent from “above”. Leanna spawned the initial product line idea over a good bottle of wine as we rang in the start of 2019.

“I mean, I walk into a sports shop, want to buy the chocolate and don’t see anything that speaks to me. How do I know it’s good for me? Can’t it just have a picture of a hiker or runner on it?” 

She said she wanted chocolate she could eat on the bike during her triathlon events, and I concurred that having superfood chocolate instead of carb gels would be great for my marathoning. "Of course it is possible" I assured her. This was the seed that was planted, and turned into what would be Seven Summits Snacks. 

- Kristyn Carriere; co-founder and COO