The seven second peaks: a harder challenge
The seven second peaks: a harder challenge
The seven second peaks are considered a much more difficult mountaineering challenge than the more popular seven peaks
Before I wrote about my dream to climb the seven peaks and a realistic, if not deeply challenging and expensive program, designed how this goal can be achieved.
This week I look at the seven second summit; The second highest mountains on every continent. The highest peaks are a dream of mine, but with the second highest I pull the border-they are just too creepy for an amateur enthusiast like me!
We present the seven second summit
The alpinism author Jon Krakauer wrote in Into Thin Air (one of my favorite mountaineering books) that it would be a bigger challenge to climb the second highest summit of each continent instead of the highest.
An obvious factor is that these summits are not so popular, so that there are often fewer mountaineering infrastructure. But even if you ignore this factor, the seven-second summit listed below are frightful and challenging, often with higher mortality rates and lower success rates.
1. Puncak mandala
Location: Oceania (Indonesia) Height: 4,760 m (15,617 ft) range: Jayawijaya range: 21-25 days
(image: Christian Stangl, creative Commons)
Puncak Mandala is about 120 meters lower than Oceania's highest mountain Puncak Jaya and does not look so dramatic, that's safe. Jaya is a very technical mountain that requires advanced climbing skills.
Mandala, however, has an extremely demanding approach route, which is proven by the fact that so far there were only two successful approaches and peaks.
2. Tyree assemble
Location: Antarctic height: 4,852m (15.919ft) Rang: Sentinel Ranging duration: 20+ Days
(Image: Christian Stangl, Creative Commons)
The Mount Tyree requires technical climbing and has only been climbed by 10 people since its discovery in 1958. It is classified as a technical climb, while Vinson, the highest peak of the continent, offers hardly any difficulties that go beyond the normal challenges of climbing in Antarctic. Tyree is only 40 meters lower than Vinson.
3. Berg Kenia
location: Africa (Kenya) Height: 5.199 m (17.057ft) Rang: none-free-standing time: 5-7 days
73, Wikimedia Commons)
in Africa, the summit of Mount Kenya (5,199 m) is more of a rock climbing, especially near the summit, while the Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) can be climbed without technical difficulties.
About 50 climbers climb the highest peak of Mount Kenya every year, compared to the 14,000 or more that climb the Kilimanjaro.
4. Dykh-Tau
Location: Europe (Russia) Height: 5,205 m (17,077 ft) Rang: Caucasus Mountains Duration: 7-9 days
Alt = “Seven-Secound Summit Dyk Tau”> (Image: Shaman17, Creative Commons)
The standard route on the Elbrus is long and physically exhausting, but technically not difficult. However, Dych-Tau has no simple routes. The simplest is classified as a Russian alpine 4b, which includes steep and rocky sections and 55-degree snow and ice cream bars.
Although it is 200 meters lower than the Elbrus, it is certainly not a walk in the (Caucasus) Park.
5. Assemble Logan
Location: North America (Canada) Height: 5,959 m (19,551 ft) area: Saint Elias duration: 10-15 days
Alt = “Seven-Secound Summit Logan-1 ″> (Image: Public Domain)
Logan is at least equal to Denali, although it is over 200 meters lower than the highest mountain in North America. Logan areas are technically more difficult, but Denali has a brutally long and cold invasion.
Due to the active tectonic increase, the Mount Logan still increases at height, so that it may actually be the highest mountain in North America in a few decades.
6. Ojos del Salado
Location: South America (Argentina/Chile) Height: 6,893 m (22,615 ft) Rang: Andes Duration: 19-22 days
(Image: Sergejf, Creative Commons)
With 6,961 m, the Aconcagua is a very high mountain. However, it is not technical and is often referred to as the "highest trekking summit in the world". Ojos del Salado is only about 70 meters lower and contains a short climbing in places, so it is probably the harder mountain. At this height, a short climbing can make the difference.
7. K2
Location: Asia (Pakistan/China) Height: 8.611 m (28.251 ft) Rang: Karakorum Duration: 50-70 days
This mountain does not need an idea. The K2 is known as Savage Mountain due to the extremely difficult ascent and the second highest death rate among the eight thousands.
In contrast to Annapurna, the mountain with the highest mortality rate, the K2 has never been climbed in winter. Unpredictable avalanches mean that every fourth summit striker dies on the slopes of this tricky mountain.The mountain requires larger technical climbing skills than Everest and all dangers that are connected to climbing over 8,000 meters. It is not for nothing that they call it the "death zone".
ascent of the seven second summit
To this day, only one man has climbed all the mountains above: the Austrian mountaineer Christian Stangl, who also climbed the seven third summit, i.e. the first, second and third highest mountain of all continents, the suction triple-seven summit. Epos.
Note: This list is based on the Messner or Carstensz-Seven-Summits list, assuming that the highest point in Oceania is the Carstenz pyramid in Indonesia and not Mount Kosciuszko in Australia.
The climber Hans Kammerlander has written a report on his controversial attempts to climb the Seven Second Summits.
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