Mt Everest Summiter Stuart Smith summits Vinson and completes the 7 Summits

Stuart Smith, a 44 year old lawyer from Waco, Texas completed the Seven Summits on December 15, 2003, with an ascent of Vinson Massif.  Smith’s first of the Seven Summits occurred on August 8, 1987 on Kilimanjaro although Smith had certainly not heard of the Seven Summits at that time.  After a lull in activity following Kilimanjaro, Smith began pursuing high altitude peaks in the mid-1990s.  The chronological list of Smith’s Seven Summits are set forth below:

            1.         Kilimanjaro                               August 8, 1987

            2.         Aconcagua                               January 14, 1995

            3.         Mt. McKinley                           May 29, 1996

            4.         Mt. Everest                              May 16, 2002

            5.         Kosciuszko                              December 3, 2002

            6.         Mt. Elbrus                                August 4, 2003

            7.         Vinson Massif                           December 15, 2003

             Smith has also climbed Cho Oyu, Gasherbrum II, Huascaran, and numerous peaks in the United States.

Stuart Smith with Mingma Ongel Sherpa

For more on Stuart Smith see his page on EverestHistory.com.

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