Mt Kosciuszko was the fifth of the world's seven continental summits that I've climbed. The first of the seven summits I climbed was Africa's Mt Kilimanjaro in December 1985; the second was Mt Elbrus (Europe) in August 1994; the third was South America's Aconcagua in December 1994; and the fourth was North America's Denali in July 1997. I very much doubt that I'll climb a sixth continental summit, let alone a seventh … |