An Amazing Journey of Adventure
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so this post is a compilation of our summit photos from our recent expedition to Mt Aconcagua (South America) and Mt Elbrus (Russia). Mt Aconcagua is the highest mountain in South America as well as outside the Himalayas, and Mt Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe. Both these mountains are part of the famed “7 Summits” which is the highest mountain on each continent around the world.
We will continue our journey of tackling Mt McKinley (Alaska), also known as Denali next June. Denali is regarded as perhaps the coldest mountain on earth and a difficult climb.
Shane is missing in the Mt Aconcagua summit photos as we had to split the team on summit day to rescue a female climber who became stranded high on the mountain after falling on her decent the previous day. She had frostbite and mild cerebral edema from being stranded at such a high altitude all night, but the quick actions of Shane and our guide ensured she was able to descend the mountain in safety.
We think in the end we flew over 29,000 miles around the world, and climbed over 45,000 feet including the cache carries up the mountains over the 5 week expedition. We have some exciting stories to share from the expedition, as well as some insight into what we experienced during the summit days on the mountains. We plan to post these stories up over the coming months.
We would like to thank the Doyalson-Wyee RSL Sub branch, as well as Art Equity who supported us on this expedition. We look forward to their continued valuable support on our remaining expeditions.
Mt Elbrus - Russia (18,442 feet). Flying the Australian Returned Services League (RSL) Flag who were expedition sponsors.
Mt Elbrus - Russia (18,442 feet). Flying the Art Equity banner who were expedition sponsors.
Mt Aconcagua - South America (22,834 feet). Flying the Australian Returned Services League (RSL) Flag who were expedition sponsors.
Mt Aconcagua - South America (22,834 feet). Flying the Art Equity banner who were expedition sponsors.
You guys are top shelf. I can’t believe you even took the ART Equity flag all that way and didn’t lose it either.
Well done. You told me 5 years ago you were going to do it and it appears you did
So how many more to go now, just Alaska? And when is the book coming out?
Have you been able to get much footage of this together along the way or is that not logistically possible?
Could make for a good 7 part series on YouTube. I know my kids would watch it.
I think you’ve done better than survivorman…he’d get half way up and say “there’s mountain lions up there….50 times…and then we’d never see one…and he’d light his tent on fire.
22,000 feet is massive- at what point does oxygen become required?
Frostbite- it doesn’t look cold….only a few spots of snow on the ground there. Does that suggest its a dry environment there? What temperatures are we talking?
So whats next? jet-ski the Amazon?
Hi Mate…..yep we took all the flags and banners to the summits, we cannot let our supporters down. That would be right, started to think about this goal around 5 years ago and it is all heading the right direction. I get my mind on something and a bit like a dog with a bone. We have 3 more summits to go. Denali (Alaska), Mt Everest & Mt Vinson (Antarctica). We have some plans to also do the North & South Poles. Would love to do a survivor man serious….we are both a little crazy, so would be some good entertainment. Looks can be a little deceiving on Mt Aconcagua, the temperature on the day at 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) was not that bad, but the early mornings and the nights can be killers…literally. The air is very dry and breathing can actually hurt the throat. I would say it was perhaps -10 on the summit. No real need for oxygen until around 8,000 metres. Denali (Alaska) is our next climb, which is regarded as the coldest mountain on earth. Denali will be a challenging climb. Jet-ski the Amazon, we thought perhaps swimming it :0)