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3 unusual facts about Seven Summits


Big Bear High School

Jordan Romero, the youngest person ever to climb the Seven Summits, the highest point on all seven continents, is still attending the school.

Johnny Strange

Johnny Strange (born December 26, 1991) is an American adventurer and was once the youngest person to climb the Seven Summits at the age of 17.

Three Moons Over Milford

Her husband, Carl, a local industry leader, abandoned the family after the moon incident to live in a yurt some distance away from the family home, and has since left the country to climb the Seven Summits.


Frank Wells

Wells was an avid alpinist and came close, but did not achieve his goal of the Seven Summits, climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents: Kilimanjaro in Africa, Denali (Mount McKinley) in North America, Aconcagua in South America, Elbrus in Europe, Mount Everest in Asia, Mount Kosciuszko in Australia, and Vinson in Antarctica.

Ken Noguchi

He chose to continue his journey by following the Bass list of mountains in the Seven Summit group (the Messner list features Carstensz Pyramid instead of Kosciuszko).

Patrick Morrow

Morrow was the first to summit the seven peaks on the Messner List of Seven Summits while Richard Bass was the first to complete the Bass List.

Raed Zidan

Raed Zidan is an accomplished mountaineer who has reached six of the Seven Summits including Vinson Massif in Antarctica, Mount Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua in Argentina.

Vladas Vitkauskas

Between 1993 and 1996 Vitkauskas climbed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of all the continents including Mt. Everest (Eurasia), Mt. McKinley (6,194 m, North America), Vinson Massif (4,897 m, Antarctica), Kilimanjaro (5,895 m, Africa), Mt. Kosciusko (2,228 m, Australia), Aconcagua (6,959 m, South America); also Elbrus (5,642 m, Caucasus) and Mont Blanc (4,807 m, Alps) in Europe.


see also

Khoo Swee Chiow

Khoo becomes the first South East Asian and the fourth person in the world to complete "The Adventure Grand Slam," that is, the South Pole, the North Pole and the Seven Summits.

McKeever

Ian McKeever (1970-2013), Irish Climber, 2007 broke World Speed Record for Climbing Seven Summits