{"id":2489,"date":"2010-12-12T12:03:32","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T20:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2010-12-12T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T20:26:14","slug":"seven-summits-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/seven-summits-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Summits Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/hodges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/hodges.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hodges\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2493 colorbox-2489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/hodges.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/hodges-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHodges above the church at Grytviken &#8211; the route up is right up the scree slope. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/duse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/duse.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"duse\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2492 colorbox-2489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/duse.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/duse-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDuse the last one rises above Base picture taken from Brown mountain<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/narval-petrel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/narval-petrel.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"narval petrel\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2491 colorbox-2489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/narval-petrel.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/narval-petrel-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDirectly above my head is a snow field coming down from Narval which is what we bum slid down! The peak in the far right of the picture is the second Petrel. <\/p>\n<p>1700m or so of height climb, seven summits and 8 hours later we completed the seven summits challenge on saturday. Out of the 6 people who did it 3 have been at KEP for 2 years and are leaving on Monday.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Seven-Peaks-Challenge-26-of-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Seven-Peaks-Challenge-26-of-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"group\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2492 colorbox-2489\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is a picture of us on the summit of the last mountain Mt Duse. In the picture are myself, Rob (the new BC), Thies (who lives on the yacht Wanderer III), Jon (the predator scientist &#8211; outgoing), Richy (the outgoing electrician) and Luke (outgoing fisheries scientist). <\/p>\n<p>The route was a total of 14km involving some scrambling, ridge walking, bum sliding (down a few snowy patches), post hole digging through some small snow banks and being pushed over by 35 knot gusts. We started with Orca (277m), Hodges (605m) Petrels (two peaks one 632m the other 620m), Narval (about 650m), Brown (332m) and last Duse (507m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hodges above the church at Grytviken &#8211; the route up is right up the scree slope. Duse the last one rises above Base picture taken from Brown mountain Directly above my head is a snow field coming down from Narval which is what we bum slid down! 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