The "Seven summits"
The "Seven summits" are the highest mountains in each continent. First climbed by the American business man Dick Bass. However Bass choice to climb the highest mountain in Australia rather than the highest in Australasia. However the legandary mountaineer Reinhold Messner did it properly. It's common place these days to climb all the 8 peaks below to avoid any controversy over which list is right the Messner or Bass. We currently guide on 6 of the 8 below and can arrange expeditions to all of them for you. If your interested in the "seven summits" then get in touch. Perhaps you have something special in mind like a speed attempt or similar then we'd be really interested to hear from you.
"Bass" |
"Messner" |
Summit |
Elevation m |
Continent |
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X |
X |
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X |
X |
Vinson Massif |
4,892 |
Antarctica |
X |
Kosciuszko |
2,228 |
Australia |
|
X |
Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) |
4,884 |
Australia-New Guinea |
|
X |
X |
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X |
X |
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X |
X |
Mount McKinley (Denali) |
6,194 |
North America |
X |
X |
Or perhaps your looking for that next big challenge then you should consider the "second seven summits" it has been suggested that the second highest mountain in each continent would offer a bigger challenge as most of them are considered as harder than there loftier counterparts. Again if your interested in this challenge we can help you out. We currently guide regularly on two of the peaks and can arrange expeditions to the other for you. You may wish to attempt the "Second Seven Summits" alongside the "seven summits" of as a separate challenge.
" Second Seven Summits"
Summit |
Elevation m |
Continent |
Country |
---|---|---|---|
Mount Tyree |
4,852 |
Antarctica |
Chilean Antarctica |
Puncak Trikora |
4,730 |
Australia-New Guinea |
Indonesia |
Dykh-Tau |
5,205 |
Europe |
Russia |
Mount Logan |
5,959 |
North America |
Canada |