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This book is about The Seven Summits Challenge.
The Seven Summits are composed of each of the highest mountain peaks of each of seven continents.
Different lists include slight variations, but generally the same core is maintained.
The seven summits depend on the definition used for a continent, in particular where the border of that continent is.
This results in two points of variation: the first is Mont Blanc or Mount Elbrus for the continent of Europe; and the second depends on whether one includes all of Oceania or mainland Australia as the continent, which results in either Mount Kosciuszko or Carstensz Pyramid.
The first Seven Summits list as postulated by Bass (The Bass or Kosciusko list) chose the highest mountain of mainland Australia, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft), to represent the Australian continent's highest summit.
Reinhold Messner postulated another list (the Messner or Carstensz list) replacing Mount Kosciuszko with Indonesia's Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m or 16,024 ft).
Neither the Bass nor the Messner list includes Mont Blanc.
From a mountaineering point of view the Messner list is the more challenging one.
Climbing Carstensz Pyramid has the character of an expedition, whereas the ascent of Kosciuszko is an easy hike.
Indeed, Patrick Morrow used this argument to defend his choice to adhere to the Messner list.
"Being a climber first and a collector second, I felt strongly that Carstensz Pyramid, the highest mountain in Australasia ... was a true mountaineer’s objective."
Read MoreThe Seven Summits are composed of each of the highest mountain peaks of each of seven continents.
Different lists include slight variations, but generally the same core is maintained.
The seven summits depend on the definition used for a continent, in particular where the border of that continent is.
This results in two points of variation: the first is Mont Blanc or Mount Elbrus for the continent of Europe; and the second depends on whether one includes all of Oceania or mainland Australia as the continent, which results in either Mount Kosciuszko or Carstensz Pyramid.
The first Seven Summits list as postulated by Bass (The Bass or Kosciusko list) chose the highest mountain of mainland Australia, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft), to represent the Australian continent's highest summit.
Reinhold Messner postulated another list (the Messner or Carstensz list) replacing Mount Kosciuszko with Indonesia's Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m or 16,024 ft).
Neither the Bass nor the Messner list includes Mont Blanc.
From a mountaineering point of view the Messner list is the more challenging one.
Climbing Carstensz Pyramid has the character of an expedition, whereas the ascent of Kosciuszko is an easy hike.
Indeed, Patrick Morrow used this argument to defend his choice to adhere to the Messner list.
"Being a climber first and a collector second, I felt strongly that Carstensz Pyramid, the highest mountain in Australasia ... was a true mountaineer’s objective."
