Miscellaneous The Seven Summits. Americans have been in the lead ...
Miscellaneous The Seven Sum m its. A m ericans have been in the lead in clim bing the highest points o f all the continents. Now, Dolly L efever has been added to the list as the third w om an and the first A m erican w om an. In the past, there has been a question as to w hich w as actually the highest point on tw o continents. Some previously gave the honor in Europe to M ont Blanc, but today it is generally accepted that E lbrus in the C aucasus is the highest in Europe. There is less agreem ent about w hether C arstensz Pyram id (4884 m eters, 16,024 feet) in Irian Jaya in O ceania (A ustralasia) or K osciusko (2228 m eters, 7310 feet) in A ustralia should be the seventh. For that reason, two lists m ust be given, one with K osciusko and the other with C arstensz Pyram id. The clim bers’ names, nationality and date when the last clim b was com pleted (up to the beginning of the sum m er o f 1994) are given below: Seven Continents with Kosciusko
Seven Continents with Carstensz
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
1. Pat Morrow*, Canada, 8-5-86 2. Reinhold Messner*, Italy, 12-3-86 3. Oswald Oelz*, Austria, 3-16-90 4. G eoff Tabin*, USA, 6-22-90 5. Jean-Pierre Franchon, France, 11-27-91 6. Gerhard Schmatz*, Germany, 2-23-92 7. Ronald Naar, Netherlands, 5-12-92 8. Skip Horner, USA, 5-12-92 9. Keith Kerr, UK, 5-15-92 10. Ralf H0ibakk, Norway, 5-24-92 11. Junko Tabei* (f). Japan, Sept. ’92 12. Christine Janin (f), France, 12-25-92 13. Pascal Tournaire, France, 12-25-92 14. Maurico Purto, Chile, 9-15-93 15. Arne Naess, Norway, 1-15-94 16. Todd Burleson, USA, 2-2-94 17. Ramon Portilla, Spain, 3-21-94 18. Gerry Roach*, USA, 5-3-94 19. Chris Kopczinski*, USA, 5-3-94 20. Glenn Porzak*, USA, 5-3-94
Dick Bass, USA 4-30-85 Gerry Roach*, USA, 13-12-85 Pat Morrow*, Canada, 8-5-86 Gerhard Schmatz*, Germany, 12-2-86 Reinhold M essner*, Italy, 12-3-86 Oswald Oelz*, Austria, 4-20-89 Phil Ershler, USA, 25-12-89 G eoff Tabin*, USA, 6-22-90 Rob Hall, New Zealand, 12-21-90 Gary Ball, New Zealand 12-21-90 Chris Kopczinski*, USA, 5-10-91 Glenn Porzak*, USA, 3-23-92 Vernon Tejas, USA, 5-12-92 Junko Tabei* (f), Japan, Sept. ’92 Doug Mantle, USA, 2-16-94 Dolly Lefever, (f), USA, 3-11-94
In these lists, the nam es m arked with an asterisk (*) have clim bed both K osciusko and C arstensz Pyram id. Rob Hall and Gary Ball m ade all the clim bs in seven m onths, from M ay to D ecem ber in 1990. G erhard Schm atz took the longest tim e, 20 years and 18 days. T here are other lists w hich could be com piled: the second highest peak o f each continent and the highest point on the w orld’s seven largest islands, for exam ple. A very interesting and com plete article has been published in Desnivel, o f May, 1994 on pages 49 to 64.
Seven Continents with Carstensz
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
1. Pat Morrow*, Canada, 8-5-86 2. Reinhold Messner*, Italy, 12-3-86 3. Oswald Oelz*, Austria, 3-16-90 4. G eoff Tabin*, USA, 6-22-90 5. Jean-Pierre Franchon, France, 11-27-91 6. Gerhard Schmatz*, Germany, 2-23-92 7. Ronald Naar, Netherlands, 5-12-92 8. Skip Horner, USA, 5-12-92 9. Keith Kerr, UK, 5-15-92 10. Ralf H0ibakk, Norway, 5-24-92 11. Junko Tabei* (f). Japan, Sept. ’92 12. Christine Janin (f), France, 12-25-92 13. Pascal Tournaire, France, 12-25-92 14. Maurico Purto, Chile, 9-15-93 15. Arne Naess, Norway, 1-15-94 16. Todd Burleson, USA, 2-2-94 17. Ramon Portilla, Spain, 3-21-94 18. Gerry Roach*, USA, 5-3-94 19. Chris Kopczinski*, USA, 5-3-94 20. Glenn Porzak*, USA, 5-3-94
Dick Bass, USA 4-30-85 Gerry Roach*, USA, 13-12-85 Pat Morrow*, Canada, 8-5-86 Gerhard Schmatz*, Germany, 12-2-86 Reinhold M essner*, Italy, 12-3-86 Oswald Oelz*, Austria, 4-20-89 Phil Ershler, USA, 25-12-89 G eoff Tabin*, USA, 6-22-90 Rob Hall, New Zealand, 12-21-90 Gary Ball, New Zealand 12-21-90 Chris Kopczinski*, USA, 5-10-91 Glenn Porzak*, USA, 3-23-92 Vernon Tejas, USA, 5-12-92 Junko Tabei* (f), Japan, Sept. ’92 Doug Mantle, USA, 2-16-94 Dolly Lefever, (f), USA, 3-11-94
In these lists, the nam es m arked with an asterisk (*) have clim bed both K osciusko and C arstensz Pyram id. Rob Hall and Gary Ball m ade all the clim bs in seven m onths, from M ay to D ecem ber in 1990. G erhard Schm atz took the longest tim e, 20 years and 18 days. T here are other lists w hich could be com piled: the second highest peak o f each continent and the highest point on the w orld’s seven largest islands, for exam ple. A very interesting and com plete article has been published in Desnivel, o f May, 1994 on pages 49 to 64.
