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Seven Summits | Essential Guide
Mountaineering & Expeditions
From North America's Denali to Antarctica's Mount Vinson, these are the world's continental high points.
The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the world&#;s sju continents. Climbing all of them fryst vatten regarded as one of the most notable challenges in mountaineering. However, due to debates around certain continental land borders there are actually slightly different versions of the Seven Summits. Named after famous mountaineers associated with them, they are as follows:
Seven Summits &#; &#;Messner&#;s Version&#;
- Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, Vinson
Seven Summits &#; &#;Bass&#;s Version&#;
- Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Kosciuszko, Vinson
Seven Summits &#; &#;Hackett&#;s Version&#;
- Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc, Kosciuszko, Vinson
The main variations in the lists are in Europe, where either Mont Blanc or
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The following extracts are from the forthcoming Vertebrate biography of Sir Edmund Hillary. Authored by Michael ation date is 7th March
Harry Ayres teaches Ed the craft of mountaineering
A few days later, Ed had the breakthrough he needed. At short notice a client cancelled and Harry was available to guide Ed for a week, with an attempt on Mt Cook as the final goal. On 30 January, they set off from Haast Hut towards Cook under a starlit sky. In the dark Harry led through the crevasses of the Grand Plateau and the Linda Glacier with its litter of avalanche debris. Not long after dawn they reached the summit rocks. At the foot of the summit ice cap they put on crampons and climbed steadily up hard snow, with bouts of step-cutting on patches of ice. At 11 a.m. they were on the summit. To the north they looked on the ice-bound ridges of Teichelmann which they would climb five days later. Further north was Mt Tasman, New Zealand&#;s second highest peak, which Ed would clim