Seven Summits

[ericcoleman]

Jordan Romero is trying for the Seven Summits. He's managed 4 of them so far, Kilimanjaro, Kosciuszko, Elbrus and Aconcagua.

Whoop de friggin doo !!! Lots of people have done the Seven Summits.

But wait ... did I mention that he's 11. Yeah, he's 11 and has already nailed down four of the seven. Now admittedly the four he has done are the easiest. They're pretty much all walk ups, but still, Aconcagua is a walk up to almost 7000 meters ... almost 23,000 feet.

Damn, what a kid ...

Comments

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

you say "walk up" but i do not think they are any of them that simple.

for example, i doubt you or i could just go walking one day and find ourselves suddenly at the top of even the smallest of these mountains. we'd probably need gear, and sherpas, and someone to carry us.

Although i must say, i'm imagining the conversation...

"Let's go for a walk!"
"Okay. Look! A pretty flower!"
"Look! We're at 23,000 feet!"
"Wow. When did that happen?"

[ericcoleman]

Calling it a walk-up means no climbing. Most of the 4 he has done are actually walkable, no real climbing involved (depending on the route). Most folks in fairly good shape could get to the Uhuru peak of Kilimanjaro if they were willing to do the walking. The only real problem with any of these is the altitude, and if you are smart you can cope with that. It's a matter of taking your time. On Everest you need to do the last bit as fast as you can, cause if you don't you die.

Yeah they are tough, but they are still just a hard (and in some cases very hard) walk.

Either of us, if we were determined, could be in good enough shape to make it up at least three of these in a year, maybe quicker.

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

"determined"

Yeah, that's in the way of me and quite a few things.

Although the idea of climbing mountains with you is quite appealing. i bet it'd even be fun, if we could get past the whole not-dying in the preparations part.

[ericcoleman]

I want to get in good enough shape to get to the foot of Everest. It's only an 8-16 day walk, depending on the route. Oh, you go up from sea level to about 19,000 feet.

There are also car trips, which, if I ever actually get there, is probably what I would do. There is still quite a bit of walking involved in those too though.

[ericcoleman]

Oh, and there are no Sherpas near any of these, that is an actual race who live near Everest called Sherpas ... just to be a mountain geek

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

blah blah blah. you can have them shipped fedex or something, i'm sure.

[singlemaltsilk.livejournal.com]

Eh, whatever. Perhaps I'd be less cynical about this if both his parents didn't make their living off the 'adventure sports' phenomenon.