Climb the Seven Summits

This one is not going to be easy! The Messner list of summits are:

Kilimanjaro (Africa), Denali/Mount McKinley (North America), Elbrus (Europe), Aconcagua (South America), Carstensz Pyramid (Australasia), Vinson (Antarctica) & Everest (Asia).

Obviously this goal can incorporate others which for me are:

Visit every continent (So far I have only got 3 Europe, Asia and Africa)
Climb Everest (I’d love to leave Everest until last, but don’t think I have the patience!)

Vinson will also be fantastic with the opportunity to visit Antarctica, but probably the most expensive!

It’s all Ed Veistur’s fault, really. He’s the one who opened my eyes to the world of mountaineering.

...and expensive.

In my lifetime, to make it sucesfully to the top of all the seven summits.

This is a “reach for the stars” goal, obviously. It is expensive, requires massive amounts of planning, training, time and travel.

But hey, if you reach for the stars you may get the moon, right?

Have walked and partially ran the marathon but never ran the full 26 miles. Best time so far is 5 hours for the the 26 mile route. Would like to be able run it in under 4 hours.