Climbing the Seven Summits Challenge

The "Seven Summit" is a term known to all mountaineers. Are the highest mountains on seven continents. This challenge was climbing the first time in 1980 by Richard Bass. There are different definitions of what the seven continental summits are based on boundaries and the number of continents. But the seven summits of the number seven continents is used in mainland Western Europe, USA and Australia.

The first is the high point of the disputeOceania summit. The Australian continent's highest mountain is Mount Kosciuiszko is 2228 meters. The highest mountain of the Australian continent is Puncak Jaya, New Guinea at 4884 meters. This mountain is also known as Carstensz Pyramid. There is a debate that was to Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m the highest peak in Oceania, such as Indonesia and parts of Asia. This mountain is in the range of Papua New Guinea Bismarck.

The next summit of the dispute is the EU Summit. The highestMount Elbrus in Europe at 5,642 meters. E 'in the Caucasus region, which marks the border between Asia and Europe. Since there is no limit, its inclusion in the list of "Seven Summits is controversial. The highest mountain in Europe without dispute is Mont Blanc at 4,810 meters on the border between France and Italy.

There are two common seven peaks port in use today, down and Messner lists. The first seven summits list produced by Bass uses the highest mountain on the continentAustralia, but Reinhold Messner in another list of Puncak Jaya, as the highest peak in Oceania. But neither the list includes Mont Blanc as at the EU summit. Most mountaineers Messner agreed that the list of seven top real list because it is the greatest challenge and how you adhere to the ideals of a true climbing Mount Oceania low as that used, is an easy hike to the ' high, unlike the Carstensz Pyramid increasing.

The seven summits Messner list is the 5892 KilimanjaroLiving on the African continent in the country of Tanzania. The first successful ascent was in 1889. Next Vinson Massif is 4,892 meters above the Antarctic and has been successfully installed in 1966. Carstensz Pyramid was 4884 feet on the Australian continent in Indonesia the first successful ascent in 1962. Everest at 8,848 meters above Asia in Nepal and China was first climbed in 1953. Elbrus at 5642 m on Europa in 1829 Russia was scaled Mount McKinley at 6,194 meters on the northAmerica in the United States was first climbed in 1913. Aconcagua at 6,962 m on the South American continent, Argentina was climbed successfully in 1897.