Climbing the Seven Summits: A Comprehensive Guide to the Continents' Highest Peaks
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Full color with 125 photographs and 24 maps including a map for each summit route Essential information on primary climbing routes and travel logistics for mountaineers with historical and cultural anecdotes for armchair readers Aconcagua. Denali. Elbrus. Everest. Kilimanjaro. Kosciuszko. Vinson. To a climber these mountains are known as the Seven Summits -- the highest peaks on each continent. If youve ever dreamed of climbing Denali or Everest or joining the even more exclusive "Seven Summiters " club then Climbing the Seven Summits is the guidebook you need to turn your dream into reality. With Mike Hamill as your guide you will discover different approaches to tackling the list as well as details on what youll need to plan an expedition and what to expect from each climb. For each mountain youll learn about documents and immunizations expedition costs training guiding options climbing styles best seasons essential gear day-by-day itineraries summit routes maps showing approaches and camps regional natural history cultural notes and even post-climb activities like going on safari in Africa or wine-touring in South America. Throughout youll also find helpful and inspiring stories from the likes of Conrad Anker Vern Tejas Damien Gildea Eric Simonson and other famed climbers. Special insider tips from Hamill based on his years of experience as well as full-color photographs of each peak round out this collectible guidebook. And because there remains some controversy about whether Kosciuszko in Australia or Carstenz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea is the "seventh summit " this guidebook to the Seven Summits actually covers eight mountains! Within mountaineering circles there is debate over which peaks are considered the official Seven Summits. For the purposes of this guidebook the Seven Summits are based on the continental model used in Western Europe the United States and Australia also referred to as the Bass list.
