– Summited 5/2018 Mt Everest (Chomolungma) is 29,035 ft and thus stands as the highest mountain in the world. It is located between Nepal and Tibet. Everest was first summited on May 29, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, via the South Face (in Nepal). I first came to Everest in 2017 …
– Summited 8/2017 Elbrus (18,510 ft) is the highest peak in the continent of Europe. It is actually located in the western Caucacus Range in Russia, near the border of Georgia.
– Summited 1/2017 Aconcagua (22,841 ft) is the highest peak in South America. It is located in the Andes Mountain Range in western Argentina. Its success rate is less than 50%. It took me two attempts to successfully summit this mountain. In 2014 during my first attempt, our team was turned around by stormy weather. …
– Summited 7/2016 Denali (20,310 ft) is the highest peak in North America. It is located in Alaska, and has also been known as Mt McKinley. In the year that I climbed, women comprised about 12% of the total number of climbers attempting Denali. Around 600 climbers successfully summit each year, but there is only …
– Summited 12/2015 Vinson Massif (16,050 ft) is the highest peak in Antarctica. It is located in the Ellsworth Mountains. It is the coldest of the 7 summits, and is climbed during the Antarctic summer, when there is 24 hours of daylight. Temperature during this time averages around -20 F.
– Summited 1/2014 Kilimanjaro (19.341 ft) is the highest peak in Africa. It is located in Tanzania, and is very near the equator. It is also the world’s highest free-standing mountain.
In order to successfully complete the “Seven Summits”, I took some mountaineering courses for training. In 2014, I spent several days on Mt Rainier, learning roped travel, crevasse rescue, self-arrest technique, and efficient use of crampons and ice axe. I continued this training in 2015 in the Alps, climbing Gran Paradiso in Italy and Monte …
