The Great 7 Summits of the World by Danika Dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6 This padlet includes all the tallest mountains from each continent. Also known as the 7 Summits. en-us 2017-04-11 13:18:24 UTC 2026-02-14 16:37:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Mount Everest danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/165873731 Mount Everest is 29,029 feet high which is the tallest mountain in the world. It is located in the Mahalangur Range, and is the international border between China and Nepal. The weather on the mountain is brutal. For example, the wind can blow over 200 mph and the temperature can be as cold as -80F. The first people to summit Everest were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay while the youngest person to summit Everest was Jordan Romero at 13 years old. Did you know, 200+ corpses are still littering the mountain’s slopes, but China has removed many bodies from sight? Also, Yuichiro Miura is the oldest person to summit Everest at 80 years old.]]> 2017-04-11 13:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/165873731 Mount Aconcagua danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/165879288 Located in the Andes mountains in Mendoza, Argentina and reaches the peak of 22,841 feet. The first person to summit it was Matthias Zurbriggen. The youngest person to summit Mount Aconcagua was Tyler Armstrong at age 9. Snow and windstorms are common on Mount Aconcagua. Also, feared electric storms are common due to its geographical situation. Lightning bolts fall especially on the mountain peaks in the Northwest area and on the summit, making the stay and ascent difficult. In 2014 Ecuadorian-Swiss Karl Egloff set a record for climbing and descending Aconcagua from Horcones in 11 hours 52 minutes.
 
]]> 2017-04-11 13:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/165879288 Denali danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166006880 The Denali mountain has an elevation of 20, 310 and is located in Alaska, U.S.A, North America and is in the Alaskan Range. The first person to climb Denali was Walter Harper and the youngest to the summit was Galen Jhonson at age 11. The weather in Denali is extremely variable. Changes in weather often occur without warning. Many rangers tell visitors to expect sun, wind, rain, and clouds and expect them all on the same day. Snow can fall any month of the year, particularly in the mountains. An estimated 32,000 climbers have attempted Denali with about a 50% success rate.]]> 2017-04-12 02:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166006880 Mount Kilamanjaro danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166007654 Mount Kilimanjaro is located in the Eastern Riff Mountains which is in Tanzania, Africa. It has an elevation of 19,341. Since Mount Kilimanjaro is near the equator, there is no such thing as summer and winter. There is only dry and rainy period. The first person to summit the mountain was Ludwig Purtscheller. Then at age 9, Zain Ackrim was the youngest to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. On the mountain, toilet paper is like currency people trade it for candy,  food, and other things. Also, on June 29, 2009, eight blind climbers made it to the top of the mountain in a struggle to raise money for 52 blind children in Arizona.


 
]]> 2017-04-12 02:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166007654 Mount Elbrus danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166008228 Mount Elbrus has an elevation of 18,510 feet and is in the Caucasus Mountains which are located in Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia. On the mountain, the climate is most conducive to climbing in July and August when the weather is at its most stable. Even in the summer, nighttime temperatures average 18 F. Temperatures above the snowline can fall as low as minus 22 during the day in the winter. The first person to summit Mount Elbrus was Horace Walker and the youngest to the summit was Jordan Romero. He was 11 years old. Did you know that about 30 climbers die on the mountain each year, making it one of the deadliest?.]]> 2017-04-12 02:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166008228 Vinson Massif danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166008853 The Vinson Massif is located in the Ellsworth Mountain Range. It is in Antarctica and is 660 nautical miles from the south pole. The Vinson Massif has an elevation of 16,067 and the first person to summit that was Nicholas Clinch. The youngest person to summit the Vinson Massif was Jordan Romero at age 15. Antarctica is officially the coldest, the windiest and the wildest place on Earth. In the summer, there are 24 hours of sunlight which must help anyone attempting the scramble to the summit, but the average temperature in summer is a very chilly -30°C. Vinson is the coldest of the Seven Summits, with temperatures averaging -20˚ F in the summer months.]]> 2017-04-12 03:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166008853 Carstensz Pyramid​ danika_dodson https://padlet.com/danika_dodson/aorecjwlurt6/wish/166009647 The Carstensz Pyramid is the smallest mountain in the 7 summits with an elevation of 16,024 feet. It is located in the Sudirman Mountains in the Papua Province in Indonesia. It is said that you can climb up this mountain any time of the year. It has only one stable period of bad weather. Pilots say that there are only four days of nice weather on the Carstensz Pyramid in a year. The problem is that they can't say on which days those are. The first person to summit the Carstensz Pyramid, or also known as the Puncak Jaya, was Heinrich Harrer. Then the youngest person to the summit was Jordan Romero at age 13. In 1995-2005 the Carstensz Pyramid was closed to climbers as the government stopped granting permits to climb the mountain.
 
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