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The Seven Summits consist of the highest mountain peak on each of the continents. Different lists include slight variations, but generally, the same core is maintained. The seven summits depend on the definition used for a continent – in particular the location of the border of that continent. This results in two major points of variation.
The Seven Summits are the highest mountains in each of the seven continents Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. ...
The table below lists the highest 100 summits with at least 500 m (1,640 ft) prominence, approximating a 7% relative prominence. A drawback of a prominence-based list is that it may exclude well-known or spectacular mountains that are connected via a high ridge to a taller summit, such as Eiger, Nuptse or Annapurna IV. A few such peaks and ...
On 9 December 2018 after scaling Ojos del Salado, Canadian climber Theodore Fairhurst became the oldest in the world to climb both the Seven Summits and Volcanic Seven Summits at 71 years and 231 days. [9] On 4 July 2023, Australian-born Caroline Leon completed the Volcanic Seven Summits in the fastest time of 183 days. [10] [11] [12]
Richard Daniel "Dick" Bass (December 21, 1929 – July 26, 2015) was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer. He was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits", the tallest mountain on each continent.
The Explorer's Grand Slam is an adventurer goal to reach the North Pole and South Pole, as well as climb the Seven Summits (Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, and Puncak Jaya or Kosciuszko). The Ultimate Explorer's Grand Slam includes this, plus visiting every country in the world.
In April 2017, she launched an expedition to Mount Everest, her second to last peak for the seven summits. On May 21 at 9 in the morning, she reached the summit, becoming the first Moroccan and North African woman to do so. [15] [16] In December 2018, she reached the summit of Antarctica's Mount Vinson, her final peak to complete all seven summits.
Mountain climbers that have summited all the Seven Summits peaks. Pages in category "Summiters of the Seven Summits" The following 83 pages are in this category, out ...