Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Anders did it--He has climbed the highest mountain in each of the 7 continents!

Pretty special time for us Christoffersons!  We climbed from the base of the mountain in Thredbo, Australia and all stood arm-in-arm with him on Christmas day!  It was just under 7 (somewhat harder than expected) hours roundtrip and we covered 13+ miles and over 3,100 feet of vertical!  Here are some pictures:

Our arrival at the airport and the van we would be trapped in for long hours:


At the base of the mountain, after a 6+ hour drive down from the Blue Mountains (we got up at 1:30 am), and after 8 years of hard work--Anders and "The Crew" were ready to go:


Anders at the base of the Merrits Nature Trail, which is where the climb officially began:


Anders, Kara and Alex on the way up:


On the lower mountain it was very foggy!


Anders leading the way (a little mellower path up than Everest!):


A little more than 3 miles to go:


Kosi is just to the left of Anders in this picture:


Pictures of the Crew climbing upward:



We are all very proud of Anders--especially Mom:


And finally, we all touch the Summit pillar:


Anders joins the select few who have ever climbed all 7:



Our family's summit picture:




Some final pictures from our great day:






I'll post a little video in the next couple of days!

Onward and upward!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Andres! I’ve followed your seven summits journey from the beginning. So very happy for you! And so special to have your family there for the final summit. Well done.