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Aconcagua Argentina
6962 meters
The
highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, and my highest summit to
date.
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Adams Peak Sri Lanka
2237 meters
A sacred peak to three major
religions, I was one of about 50,000 who climbed the steps one
full-moon night
to see Adams footprint at the summit shrine.
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Mt.
Blanc France 4807 meters
A blizzard
and avalanche prevented me from reaching the summit of Mont Blanc, but
it is still one of my most memorable experiences. Read the
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Cayambe
Volcano
Ecuador 5786
meters
Chimborazo
Ecuador
6267
meters
Cotopaxi Volcano
Ecuador
5897 meters
This was a great
trip with Alpine Ascents, which, although I did not reach any of the
three summits, provided acclimatization for Aconcagua three weeks
later.
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CHO OYU Tibet 8201 meters
I trained for a year to climb the sixth highest mountain in the world,
but had difficulty acclimatizing and never made it past 21,000 feet.
The rest of the Alpine Ascents group climbed as high as 23,000 feet,
but were turned around by whether.
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Mt. Elbrus
Russia 5642 meters
Elbrus is Europes highest mountain, which can be daunting even though we rode a
chairlift the first 4,000 meters. Read the
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Mt. Etna
Italy
3315 meters
The day I
arrived in Sicily to climb Mt. Etna it erupted.
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Mt.
Fuji
Japan 3776
meters
This is a beautiful climb with much tradition.
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Mt.
Halla South
Korea
1950 meters
South Koreas highest peak is
one way up and one way down. Not understanding the language, I went
up and down backwards. Read the journal.
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Kala Patthar - Nepal - 5545 meters
Although a ridge of the much larger Pumori,
Kala Patthar affords the best views of Mt. Everest.
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Kilimanjaro
Tanzania 5963 meters
Africas
highest peak is a long slow slog along a well-worn path.
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Kosciuszko
Australia
2228
meters
Although
not very high, Kosciuszko is Australias highest mountain, qualifying
it as one of the Seven Summits. Read the journal.
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Mauna Kea
USA 4205 meters
There is a road to the summit of Mauna Kea, but the wind almost
prevented me from hiking the last few hundred meters to the top of the
most prominent cinder cone. Read the journal.
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Mt.
McKinley USA 6194 meters
Denali was my first major climb. Had I realized how difficult and
dangerous it was, I probably would not have attempted it until I had
more experience. Read the journal.
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Ojos del
Salado Chili 6880 meters
Ojos is the
second highest mountain in South America. On my Berg Adventures trip
we used it to help acclimatize for Aconcagua. No one in our
group was able to summit.
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Table Mountain South Africa - 1087 meters
During the
month I spent in Capetown, I climbed Table Mountain several times to
help get in shape for Kilimanjaro.
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Mt.
Vesuvius Italy
1281 meters
Interesting from a historic standpoint with a great view of Pompeii.
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Mt.
Washington USA 1917
meters
Ive
climbed Mt. Washington several times, initially as training for my
Denali attempt and later as part of hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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