Mountaineering

Rex on his first alpine summit, Mount Hualca Hualca, 6 025m

7 Summits

The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as one of the greatest mountaineering challenges, first completed in the 1980s by Richard Bass.

Rex completed the challenge in December 2006. Rex Pemberton is the Youngest Australian to complete the quest at the age of 23.

The mountains include (in order of Rex’s climbs):

Click here to see a map of the 7 Summits

Mt Kosciuszko 2228m Australia
Mt Kilimanjaro 5963m Africa
Mt Everest 8848m Nepal
Mt McKinley 6195m USA
Mt Elbrus 5633m Russia
Vinson Massif 4897m Antarctica
Mt Aconcagua 6962m South America

View Rex’s Seven Summits photos