Profile

'7+2' milestones

Denali (6,194 metres)

Continent: North America

Route: West Buttress

Summit day: June 25, 1982

Kilimanjaro (5,895m)

Continent: Africa

Route: Umbwe

Summit day: November 30, 1984

Elbrus (5,642m)

Continent: Europe

Route: Southeast (Normal)

Summit day: July 24, 1997

Vinson Massif (4,897m)

Continent: Antarctica

Route: Branscomb glacier

Summit day: December 10, 1997

Aconcagua (6,962m)

Continent: South America

Route: Normal

Summit day: December 17, 1998

Carstensz Pyramid (4,884m)

Continent: Oceania

Route: North Face then West Ridge

Summit day: February 24, 1999

Kosciusko (2,228m)

Continent: Australia

Route: South side from Thredbo

Summit day: August 18, 2000

North Pole

Route: Skiing, on foot from Russia

Challenge year: 2001

Everest (8,848m)

Continent: Asia

Route: North Col

Summit day: May 31, 2003

South Pole

Route: Trek from Punta Arenas, Chile

Challenge year: 2005