[quote]Jaime Vinals is the first Central American was ever to climb Mount Everest which is the Earth’s highest peak. Also, he is the only person who from that region has reached the Seven Summits.
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I’m repeating what they said… C’me on, we’re from Central America! How much snow do you think we believe is a lot!?
And it’s cold up there, it’s getting cold here. Brrrrr…
Actually, he’s climbed 25 mountains.
[quote]Jaime Vinals is a Guatemalan mountaineer. He was born in Guatemala City, and studied biology at the Universidad de San Carlos. In 1987, he began climbing when he was age 26. So far, he has already successful climbed over 300 mountains in 42 countries.
On May 23rd, 2001, he attempted the ascent Mount Everest for the third time. He and others reached the summit of the Everest by selecting the less frequented North Col as their climbing route. In the year of 2002, Jaime Vinals embarked on an attempt project which involves climbing the highest peak of each seven largest islands in the world. In 2008, he has involved in a project “50 MOST PROMINENCE SUMMITS OF THE WORLD” which involves climbing all the 50 high mountains in the world. Till September 2009, Jaime has already reached 24 of them. [/quote]
Nope, because we are not tourists and we do not climb volcanoes on the wrong side! :fume:
Told you about a gringo friend who decided to go solo on a volcano that was not allowe dto and got his foot stuck in a crevase and had to spend teh night there until a search party found him? That’ll learn him…
“The mountain does not kill. It is being unprepared, unreliable equipment, and underestimating the environment”. Vinals.
[quote]Nepal
Monte Shartse
Pico Lobuje
Monte Everest (ruta del collado Sur)
Tíbet (China)
Monte Everest (ruta de la arista Noreste)
Monte Everest (ruta del collado Norte)
Monte Cho Oyu
Turquía
Monte Ararat
Indonesia
Volcán Pangrango (isla de Java)
Volcán Gede (isla de Java)
Volcán Bromo (isla de Java)
Volcán Semeru (isla de Java)
Volcán Kerinci (isla de Sumatra)
Volcán Rinjani (isla de Lombok)
Malasia
Monte Kinabalu (isla de Borneo)
Taiwán
Monte Syue Shan
Monte Yushan
Singapur
Monte Bukit Timah
Japón
Monte Fuji (isla de Honshú)
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