Bass was the first to climb all the peaks and once held the record for the oldest person to climb Everest.
Seven Summits of the World
The seven summits, no doubt, you may have heard of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Mount Everest in Nepal. Please you read to the end - how tall they are, which are the most challenging and why to make the climb to the highest peak in the world.
1. Mount Everest (8850 m) (Asia)
Mount Everest (English: Mount Everest) is the highest mountain in the world (when measured from sea paras). Peak ridge marks the border between Nepal and Tibet; peak in Tibet. In Nepal, the mountain is called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा, Sanskrit for "Forehead Sky") and in Tibetan Chomolangma or Qomolangma ("Mother of the Universe"), pronounced in Chinese language珠穆朗玛峰(pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Feng). The mountain is getting his English name from the name of Sir George Everest. This name was given by Sir Andrew Waugh, surveyor-general British India, the successor of Everest. Mount Everest is one of the world's Seven Summits Main.
Radhanath Sikdar, surveyors and mathematician from Bengal, was the first to declare Mount Everest as the highest peak in 1852 through trigonometric calculations. The calculation is done using a theodolite from a distance of 150 miles away in India. Some people in India believe that the summit should be called by Sikdar, not Everest.
This mountain has a height of about 8850 m, although there are variations in terms of size (both Nepal and the Chinese government has not officially endorsed this measure, the height of Mount Everest is 8,848 m is considered by them). Mount Everest was first measured in 1856 has a height of 8839 m, but is stated as 8840 m (29 002 ft). Additional 0.6 m (2 ft) indicates that at that time the exact height of 29,000 feet will be treated as a rounded estimate. A common estimate at this point is 8850 m were obtained by reading the Global Positioning System (GPS). Mount Everest is still rising high due to tectonic plate movement area.
Mount Everest is the mountain whose peak reaches the farthest distance from the sea face. Two other mountains are sometimes also referred to as "the highest mountain in the world" is Mauna Loa in Hawaii, which is the highest when measured from its base on the basis of the high seas, but only reaches a height of 4170 m above sea face and Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, a peak 2150 m higher than the Earth's center than Mount Everest, because the Earth is inflated in the equatorial region. However, Chimborazo is just reaching a height of 6272 m above sea face, so it is not even the highest peak in the Andes.
Basic deepest ocean deeper than the height of Everest: Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench, so deep that if Himalayan placed in it, there are nearly 1.6 km of water covering it.
2. Aconcagua (6959 m) (South America)
At 6962 m (22 841 ft), Cerro Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas, and the highest mountain outside Asia. It is located in the Andes mountains, in the province of Mendoza Argentina. The summit is located about 5 kilometers from San Juan Province and 15 kilometers from the international border with Chile. It lies 112 kilometers (70 miles) west of the northern city of Mendoza. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the West and the Southern Hemisphere. This is one of the Seven Summits. Aconcagua is bounded by the Valle de las Vacas to the north and east and the Valle de los Horcones Inferior to the West and South. The mountain and surrounding area is part of the Aconcagua Provincial Park. Mount has a number of glaciers. Inferior Ventisquero biggest glacier is about 10km long Horcones down from south face about 3600m altitude near Confluencia camp. Two other large glacier system is Ventisquero de las Vacas Sur and Glaciar Este / Ventisquero Relinchos system about 5 kilometers long. However, the most famous is the north-eastern or Polish Glacier, a common route up.
Mountains were created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American plate during the geologically recent Andean Orogeny, but it is not a volcano. The origin of the name is debated, it is well out of Arauca Aconca - Hue, which refers to the Aconcagua River and means' comes from the other side ', the Quechua Ackon Cahuak, meaning' Sentinel of Stone ', or Quechua Anco Cahuac,' White Sentinel '.
History
The first attempt on Aconcagua by a European in 1883 was made by the party led by the German geologist and explorer Paul Güssfeldt. Bribe porters with the story that there is a treasure on the mountain, he approached the mountain via the Rio Volcan, making two attempts on the summit ridge to the north-west and reached an altitude of 6,500 meters (21,300 feet). The route that he prospected now the normal route up the mountain.
The first recorded ascent was in 1897 in the British expedition led by Edward FitzGerald. The peak is achieved by Swiss guide Matthias Zurbriggen on January 14 and by two other expedition members a few days later.
The youngest person to reach the peak of Aconcagua was Matthew Moniz of Boulder, Colorado. He was 10 years old when he reached the summit on December 16, 2008.
The oldest person to climb it was Scott Lewis who reached the peak on 26 November 2007. He was 87 years old.
Popular culture
Mount has a cameo in the 1942 Disney cartoon called Pedro. [9] The cartoon stars an anthropomorphic small airplane named Pedro who was forced to make a run over the Andes and the air disaster that almost encounter with Aconcagua. Mountain (also anthropomorphic, and scary-looking), then appeared in an illustration used in retelling the story in a Disney anthology book.
3. Mount McKinley, Denali (6194 m) (North America)
Mountain Range: Alaska Range Location: Alaska, USA, North America Height: 6194 meters or 20,320 feet Denali is the Native American word for "The High One." It was once named Mount McKinley after U.S. President William McKinley, but renamed in 1980. Mount Denali is known for cold weather, it contains five large glaciers. The thermometer was left on the mountain for more than 19 years of record that never reached-73.3C (-100F). Severe altitude sickness is also prevalent on Denali latitude as much higher. A mountain like Denali in equater will have approximately 47% more oxygen at the summit, compared to sea level. 4. Kilimanjaro (5895 m) (Africa)
Location: Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa Height: 5895 meters or 19,640 feet Kilimanjaro consists of three volcanic cones that are not active and is the highest peak in Africa. Kibo is the highest cone where Uhuru Peak stands on Tanzania. It usually takes 4-5 days to climb Kilimanjaro and the huts are located on each day of the trip. The mountain is considered one of the "easier" to climb and it is possible for those who have limited mountaineering experience. Avoid altitude sickness by acclimation is one of the most difficult. 5. Mount Elbrus, Caucasus (5642 m) (Europe))
Caucasus is a region of Eastern Europe and Western Asia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which includes the Caucasus Mountains and other low areas. Caucasus is sometimes considered part of Central Asia. The highest peak in the Caucasus is Elbrus (5.642m), which is also considered as the highest mountain in Europe.
Independent states that make up the Caucasus today are Russia (North Caucasus District), Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Large non-independent territories in the Caucasus include Ossetia, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan in between. Caucasus is one of the regions with linguistic and cultural diversity of the most extensive in the world.
The southern part of the Caucasus is known as the Transcaucasus.
Historical events: the Arab-Khazar Russian colonization of the Caucasus by 1991: He knew the status of an independent state of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
In Greek mythology, the Caucasus or Kaukasos is one of the pillars supporting the world. Prometheus was chained there by Zeus.
6. Vinson Massif (4897 m) (Antarctica)
Mountain Range: Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains Location: Antarctica Height: 4892 meters or 16,067 feet Vinson is known as one of the most inaccessible ranges in the world, and only 800 miles from the South Pole. The mountain was unknown and unsuspected until 1957. Not until 1966 and 1967, made the first ascent to the peak. The hardest part about the Vinson Massif is its inaccessibility, but now there are several tour operators that offer no man's land. 7. Puncak Jaya, Indonesia (4884 m) (Oceania)
Puncak Jaya is a peak that is part of the Barisan Sudirman located in the province of Papua, Indonesia. Puncak Jaya has a height of 4884 m and in the vicinity there Carstensz glacier, the only tropical glaciers in Indonesia, which most likely will soon disappear due to global warming. The peak was once named Poentjak Sukarno and is the highest mountain in Oceania. Puncak Jaya is one of the world's Seven Summits Main.
Another Nama-nama/ejaan: Guns Pulu ("Guns" means mountain) Mount Carstensz Carstensz Carstensz Pyramid Peak Peak Peak Jayakesuma Carstensz Pyramid Ndugundugu
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