7 Summits of the World The Become Obsession Climber

Seven / 7 Summits of the World (The Seven Summits of the World) is known as the highest peaks are found on every continent on Earth. The concept was first proposed by Richard Bass in the 1980s and has been the goal of every mountaineer to climb each during the lifetime mereka.Bass was the first to climb all the peaks and once held the record for becoming the oldest person to climb Everest. seven Summits of DuniaAdapun seven peaks, no doubt, you've probably heard about Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Mount Everest in Nepal. Please you read to the end - how high they are, which are the most challenging and why to make the climb to the highest peak in the world. The highest peak inilah7 World That Become Obsession Climber:

1. Gunung Everest (8.850 m) (Asia)

  

Mount Everest (English: Mount Everest) is the highest mountain in the world (if measured from sea level). Peak ridge marks the border between Nepal and Tibet; the peak in Tibet. In Nepal, the mountain is called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा, Sanskrit for "Forehead of Heaven") and in Tibetan Chomolungma or Qomolangma ("Mother of the Universe"), pronounced in Chinese language 珠穆朗瑪峰 (pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Feng) This .Gunung get the name of the language English of the name of Sir George Everest. This name was given by Sir Andrew Waugh, the surveyor-general of India Englishman, the successor to Everest. Everest is one of the Seven Major peaks in dunia.Radhanath Sikdar, surveyor and mathematician of Bengal, was the first to declare the summit of Everest as the highest peaks through trigonometric calculations in 1852. This calculation is performed using a theodolite from a distance of 150 miles away in India. Most people in India believe that the peak should be named According to Sikdar, not Everest.
This mountain has an elevation of about 8,850 m; Although there are variations in terms of size (both the government of Nepal and China has not Officially endorse this measure, the height of Mount Everest is still Considered 8.848 m by them). Mount Everest was first measured in 1856 have a height of 8839 m, but declared as 8.840 m (29 002 ft). An additional 0.6 m (2 ft) shows that at that time the exact altitude of 29,000 feet will be regarded as approximate rounded. Common estimates used at this point is 8,850 m Obtained by reading the Global Positioning System (GPS). Mount Everest is still rising high due to tectonic plate movement tersebut.Gunung Everest region is the mountain peak Reaches the farthest distance from the sea level. Two other mountains are sometimes Also Referred to as "the highest mountain in the world" is Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the which is the highest when measured from its base at the bottom of the sea, but only Reached an altitude of 4,170 m above sea level and Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, the which top 2,150 m higher than Earth's center than Mount Everest, Because The Earth bulges at the equator region. However, Chimborazo only Reached an altitude of 6.272 m above sea level, so it is not even the highest peaks in the deepest oceans Andes.Dasar deeper than the height of Everest: Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench, is so deep that if Himalayan placed in it, there are nearly 1.6 km of water covering it.



2. Aconcagua (6959 m) (South America)

  

At 6962 m (22 841 ft), Cerro Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas, and the highest mountain outside Asia. It is located in the Andes mountains, in the Argentine province of Mendoza. The summit is located about 5 kilometers from San Juan Province and 15 kilometers from the international border with Chile. It is located 112 kilometers (70 miles) west of the northern city of Mendoza. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemisphere. It is one of the Seven Summits.Aconcagua bounded by Valle de las Vacas to the north and east and the Valle de los Horcones Inferior to the West and South. Mountain and its surroundings are part of the Aconcagua Provincial Park. The mountain has a number of glaciers. The glacier is the Ventisquero Horcones Inferior approximately 10km long which descends from the south face of the 3600m altitude near the Confluencia camp. Two other major glacier systems are Ventisquero de las Vacas and Glaciar Sur Este / Ventisquero Relinchos system approximately 5 kilometers long. But the most famous is the north-eastern or Polish Glacier, a common route naik.Gunung created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American plate during the geologically recent Andean orogeny, but is not a volcano. The origins of the name is disputed, it is both the Arauca Aconca - Hue, which refers to the Aconcagua River and means' coming from the other side ', the Quechua Ackon Cahuak, which means' Sentinel of Stone', or Quechua Anco Cahuac, 'White Sentinel'.SejarahUsaha first in Aconcagua by a European in 1883 made by the party led by German geologist and explorer Paul Güssfeldt. Bribe porters with the story that there is a treasure in the mountains, he approached the mountain via the Rio Volcan, making two attempts at the summit by the north-west ridge and reached an altitude of 6,500 meters (21,300 feet). These prospected that he is now the normal route to the top of the first ascent gunung.Tercatat was in 1897 in the British expedition led by Edward FitzGerald. Peak achieved by the Swiss guide Matthias Zurbriggen on January 14 and by two other expedition members a few days kemudian.Orang youngest to reach the summit of Aconcagua is Matthew Moniz of Boulder, Colorado. He was 10 years old when he reached the summit on December 16 2008.Orang oldest climb the Scott Lewis, who reached the summit on 26 November 2007. He was aged 87 tahun.Budaya populerGunung has a cameo in the 1942 Disney cartoon named Pedro. [9] The anthropomorphic cartoon star small plane named Pedro who was forced to make a run over the Andes and the air disaster which almost encounter with Aconcagua. Mount (also anthropomorphic, and scary-seeming), later appeared in an illustration used in retelling the story in an anthology of Disney.

3. Mount McKinley, Denali (6194 m) (North America)

  

Mountain Range: RangeLokasi Alaska: Alaska, USA, North America Height: 6,194 meters or 20 320 kakiDenali is a Native American word for "Highest." It was once called Mount McKinley after US President William McKinley but named back in 1980. Mount Denali is known for cold weather, it contains five major glaciers. One thermometer was left on the mountain for more than 19 years of record that never reached -73.3C (-100F). Severe altitude sickness is also prevalent on Denali because its latitude is much higher. A mountain like Denali at equater will have about 47% more oxygen at the summit, compared to sea level.

4. Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) (Africa)

  

Location: Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa Height: 5,895 meters or 19.640 feet of Kilimanjaro is composed of three cones of an inactive volcano and the highest peak in Africa. Kibo is the highest cone which stood on Uhuru Peak Tanzania. It usually takes 4-5 days to climb Kilimanjaro and huts are situated on each day of the trip. The mountain is considered one of the "easier" to climb and it is possible for those who have limited mountaineering experience. Avoiding altitude sickness by acclimatization is one of the hardest parts.

5. Mount Elbrus, the Caucasus (5642 m) (Europe)

  

Caucasus is a region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that includes the Caucasus Mountains and other low areas. Caucasus sometimes considered part of Asia Tengah.Puncak highest in the Caucasus is Elbrus (5.642m), which is also considered as the highest mountain in Eropa.Negara-independent states that make up the Caucasus today are Russia (North Caucasus District), Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan , Large non-independent territories in the Caucasus include Ossetia, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan in between. Caucasus is one of the areas that have linguistic and cultural diversity of the most extensive in the southern Caucasus dunia.Bagian known as Transkaukasus.Kejadian-historic events: Arab-KhazarPenjajahan Caucasus by Rusia1991: The familiar back the status of an independent state of Armenia, Georgia, and AzerbaijanDalam Greek mythology , the Caucasus or Kaukasos is one of the pillars supporting the world. Prometheus was chained there by Zeus.

6. Vinson Massif (4,897 m) (Antarctica)

  

Mountain Range: Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains Location: Antarctica Height: 4892 meters or 16 067 kakiVinson known as one of the most inaccessible ranges in the world, and only 800 miles from the South Pole. The mountain was unknown and unsuspected until 1957. It was not until 1966 and 1967, made the first ascent to the peak. The most difficult part about the Vinson Massif is its inaccessibility, but now there are several tour operators that offer this no man's land. 

7. Puncak Jaya, Indonesia (4884 m) (Oceania)

  

Puncak Jaya is a peak that is part of the Sudirman Range located in Papua province, Indonesia. Puncak Jaya has an altitude of 4884 m and in the vicinity there Carstensz glacier, the only one in Indonesia tropical glaciers, which most likely will soon vanish due to heating is never named Poentjak global.Puncak Soekarno and is the highest mountain in Oceania. Puncak Jaya is one of the Seven Major peaks dunia.Nama-name / other spellings: Guns Pulu ("Guns" meaning mountain) Mount CarstenszPiramida CarstenszPuncak CarstenszPuncak JayakesumaPuncak Pyramid CarstenszNdugundugu