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Seven Summits will attempt to
climb in 2005 the American roofs of McKinley (6,194 m) in Alaska and Aconcagua
(6,962 m) in Argentina
Consejería de Turismo,
Comercio y Deporte through Deporte Andaluz will sponsor the Andalucía America
2005 Expedition which plans to attack the two higher peaks in America, the
McKinley (Alaska, USA) of 6,194 m. and the roof of North America, and the
Aconcagua (Argentina) of 6,962 m. and the higher altitude in South America.
The expedition to McKinley will take place in very technical weather
conditions. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in all of America, as well as
the higher in the world outside Asia. It is known because of its strong winds
and low temperatures. Besides this new expeditions of the Seven Summits Sport
Club, Sevillan climbers Juan Antonio Huista and Pedro López will also have
important preparation expeditions this year, like the one to Atlas in Morocco,
Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan in the Pamir mountain system and the Himalayas.
The success achieved in 2004
during Andalucia-Antarctica 2004 Expedition, in which Andalucians crowned the
highest peak of Antarctica for the first time, and the intense preparation
during the whole year in Morocco (Atlas), Italy (Dolomites), France (Mont
Blanc) and Perú (Cordillera Blanca), have placed them beyond the middle of the
Seven Summits Project.
The objective of this
enormous and fascinating project is to crown the highest peak of every
continent, splitting America in two, covering these mountains: Everest (Nepal,
Asia), Aconcagua (Argentina, South America), McKinley (Alaska, North America),
Mount Kosciusko / Carstensz Pyramid (Australia / Indonesia, Oceania), Mount
Vinson (Antartica), Elbrus (Russia, Europe), and Kilimanjaro (Tanzania,
Africa).
Since 2002 they have achieved
four continents: Africa, Europe, Oceania and finally Antarctica recently.
This challenge is a dream for many climbers and adventurers worldwide but it
has two big problems, one is economic since the cost of the whole project is
very elevated and the other is the technical difficulty of such emblematic
summits as Everest or McKinley, or inhospitable and adverse as Mount Vinson in
Antarctica. It is definitively a challenge against Planet Earth.
Junta de Andalucia through
His Excelency, the President of Junta de Andalucía, Manuel Chaves, and from
the Consejería de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte with His Excelency, the Major of
Sevilla, Alfredo Sánchez, the Municipal Agencies and Instituto de Deportes
also support this sports challenge since its beginning. Other companies and
institutions like RTVA, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, F. C., and the firm
Merkamueble also contribute, and without their important support it would not
be possible to achieve these sports success for Andalucía.
In 2005 the Seven Summits
challenge will have an important leap with the difficult task of attacking the
two American roofs of McKinley (Alaska, USA, 6,194 m), the roof of North
America and Aconcagua (Argentina, 6,962 m), the roof of South America.
These two expeditions are a
difficult feat. The McKinley expedition will take place in very extreme artic
weather conditions, which could go down to 40º below zero (Celsius), and the
difference in altitude is the greatest in the world (4,000 m) with very
technical characteristics. Aconcagua is the highest mountain in all of
America, as well as the higher in the world outside Asia. It is known because
of its strong winds and low temperatures. The climbers will also have
important preparation expeditions this year, like the one to Atlas in Morocco,
Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan in the Pamir mountain system and the Himalayas.
Translated from Spanish by
Jorge Rivera
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