CLIMBING THE SEVEN SUMMITS: A GUIDE TO EACH CONTINENTS' HIGHEST PEAK Mike Hamill 2012 1st ed (Hamill, Mike)

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CLIMBING THE SEVEN SUMMITS: A GUIDE TO EACH CONTINENTS' HIGHEST PEAK Mike Hamill 2012 1st ed
By Hamill, Mike
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Due summer 2012. 352 pp, 125 photographs and 24 maps. First and only guidebook to climbing all Seven Summits. New paperback.

* 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. And from Antarctica to Alaska, Nepal to Tanzania, each year thousands of climbers from all over the world attempt at least one of them, while a growing number have plans to climb each and every mountain.

Drawing on years of experience, veteran Seven Summit mountain guide Mike Hamill describes overall considerations for expedition planning and high-altitude trips, gear recommendations, tips on international travel and logistics, and estimates of financial costs. In-depth descriptions of each of the Seven Summits includes a regional map, a map of the primary climbing route, a route overlay on a photo, and a sample climbing itinerary that covers peak-specific technical climbing tips and what to expect on summit day.

Throughout Hamill�s descriptions, renowned alpinists offer their own advice: Eric Simonson on Everest, Vern Tejas on Denali, and Melissa Arno on a female�s perspective of expedition planning. Hamill also includes the �other� Seven Summit, the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea; climbing facts and figures for each peak; a history of the Seven Summits challenge; and a unique �compare and contrast� chart that reveals how the peaks stack up against each other.

From the first steps of trip dreaming, to figuring out gear and plane tickets, to kicking those final, sublime steps up to the snowy top of Denali or Aconcagua -- this is the one-and-only authoritative book to guide readers to all of the world�s Seven Summits.

*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.'

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