The seven summits represent the highest peaks on each continent.  The original list that this author has attempted was defined by Richard Bass, the recently passed owner of Snowbird resort.  He was the first to climb the seven summits, and his book “Seven Summits” is highly recommended.

Mark Bellamy is an amateur climber, photographer and father based in Brisbane Australia.  He caught the mountaineering bug relatively late in life, and is still working on that elusive seventh summit.

https://www.facebook.com/mpbellamy

 

Climbing Resume (date-mountain-height):

Apr 2015 – Mt Everest – 5700m (earthquake)

Jan 2015 – Mt Aspiring – summit 3033m nz 2+

Sep 2014 – Mt Kosciuszko – summit 2228m

Apr 2014 – Mt Everest – 5600m (avalanche, summit is 8848)

Jan 2014 – Mt Rossman – summit 1450m

Jan 2014 – Mt Shinn – summit 4661m

Jan 2014 – Mt Vinson – summit 4892m

Dec 2013 – Mt Cook – summit 3754m nz 3

Nov 2013 – Ama Dablam – 5750m (nothing fixed higher, summit is 6828m)

Oct 2013 – Lobuche East – summit 6145m

Oct 2013 – Island Peak / Imja Tse – summit 6189m

Oct 2013 – Cho Oyu – summit 8201m

June 2012 – Grand Paradiso – summit 4060m

June 2012 – Mont Blanc – summit 4808m, French PD

Feb 2012 – Ojos Del Salado – 6800m

June 2011 – Mt Mckinley – summit 6194m

Feb 2011 / Feb 2012 – Cerro Aconcagua – summit 6962m (rock and snow)

Jan 2011 – Mt Lendenfeld, Mt Cook National park, NZ – summit 3192m (snow and ice – two tool pitched), nz 2

Jan 2011 – Hochstetter Dome, Mt Cook National park, NZ – summit 2823m (snow and ice)

Jan 2011 – Mt Aylmer, Mt Cook National park, NZ – summit 2699m (snow and ice – two tool pitched)

Sep 2010 – Mt Elbrus – summit 5642m (snow)

July 2007 – Longs Peak, Colorado – summit 4346m (rock)

Sep 2007 – Mt Kilimanjaro – summit 5895m (rock)