Australian sets new "Seven Summits" speed record

The Seven Summits refer to the highest mountain in each of the seven continents.

Steve Plain became the fastest person to reach the peak of every continent’s tallest mountain this week, finishing the coveted Seven Summits in 117 days.

Plain set off on Project 7 in 4 (seven summits in four months) on Dec. 20, 2017. He followed a planned route that began in Antarctica, actually tagging eight summits. His accomplishment is the harder version of Seven Summits postulated by early climbing pioneers. The route includes both Carstensz Pyramid and Kosciuszko in Australia.

Here are the summits -

In order, he summited the following peaks:

• Vinson (4,892 m), Antarctica
• Aconcagua (6,962 m), South America
• Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), Africa
• Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m), Australia
• Kosciuszko (2,228 m), Australia
• Elbrus (5,642 m), Europe
• Denali (6,190 m), North America
• Everest (8,848 m), Asia

And this is after recovering from very serious non-climbing related injuries in December, 2014- hit the link for more information.