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THE SEVEN SUMMITS QUEST
The goal of the quest is to climb the highest
mountain on each of the seven continents. The mountains are:
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Mount
Everest
Asia 8,850 m / 29,035 ft
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Mount
Aconcagua South America 6,959 m
/ 22,830 ft
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Denali (Mount McKinley) North America
6,194 m / 20,320 ft
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Mount
Kilimanjaro
Africa 5,895 m / 19,340 ft
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Mount
Elbrus
Europe 5,642 m / 18,510 ft
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Mount
Vinson
Antarctica 4,897 m / 16,067 ft
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Carstensz
Pyramid
Australasia
4,884
m / 16,023 ft
Richard
Bass, an American businessman and amateur mountaineer, set himself the
goal of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents,
including Australia. He hired professional climbers to help him reach
Everest, by far the most difficult of the seven summits. He completed his Everest
summit April 30, 1985, and then co-authored the book, describing the
undertaking.
Reinhold Messner, whose mountaineering
career stands out both professionally and personally, took issue with
the selection of Australia as a continent (or as a continent worthy of
mountaineering), and revised Bass's list by substituting for Australia
the whole of Australasia. Canadian Pat Morrow first met Messner's challenge
(August 5, 1986), followed by Messner himself, also in 1986.
The quest to climb the highest
mountain on each continent offers a challenge and demands great
determination. As of January 2005 only 81 people have climbed the seven
summits with Carstensz and 91 people with Mount Kosciuszko. About 40% of
them climbed both Carstensz and Mount Kosciuszko.
My name is Jack Jakobczyk and I
would like to invite you to join my Seven Summits Quest. On the
following pages you will find some information about the summits and
detailed description of my progress. |
