Cason Crane
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Princeton University (2017)
Isabella de la Houssaye (mother)
David Crane (brother)
Bella Crane (sister)
Oliver Crane (brother)
Christopher Crane (brother)
 Crane in July 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 2, 1992[1] |
| Education | Choate Rosemary Hall (2011) Princeton University (2017) |
| Relative(s) | David W. Crane (father) Isabella de la Houssaye (mother) David Crane (brother) Bella Crane (sister) Oliver Crane (brother) Christopher Crane (brother) |
| Climbing career | |
| Major ascents | Everest, Elbrus, Denali, Kilimanjaro |
Cason Crane (born December 2, 1992)[1] is an American entrepreneur and endurance athlete.[2] In 2013, he became the first openly gay mountaineer to scale the Seven Summits.[3] In 2023, he competed on season 1 of the USA Network competition show Race to Survive: Alaska with his sister Bella Crane, finishing in third place.[4]
Education
Crane is the oldest of five children born to David W. Crane, the president of NRG Energy, and Isabella de la Houssaye, an international lawyer, in Mercer County, New Jersey.[5]
His parents both engaged in endurance sports and motivated him and his siblings to join them as part of their challenging activities.[6]
He lived in Hong Kong between the ages of one and six before returning to the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.[7] His younger brother Oliver Crane is an adventurer and rower.
Crane attended Princeton Day School through his eighth grade year, along with the rest of his siblings. In 2011,[8] he graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Connecticut, where he competed in a number of sports.[9] He came out as gay at the age of 14; both his parents and his school were supportive, although he experienced bullying by classmates on occasion.[5][10] After deferring for two years to travel to Lebanon and Israel and climb the Seven Summits, Crane joined the Princeton University Class of 2017,[8] majoring in history.[5]