Ranking of difficulty of the 7 summits.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 4:32 pmHi, this is my first post so sorry if i sound rather stupid. Anyway please bare with my english as it is not my mother tongue.
I am wondering about the difficulty ranking of the 7 summits (7 continental tallest points) as i have encounter various different ranking, but hardly conclusive, and differ by a lot. By the way, i am doing the 9 summit challenge: all 7 + Koscuiszko +mont Blanc.
i would like to know the OVERALL DIFFICULTY(include technical+weather, temperature,physical aspect) of the climb, when more than a route is available, i will take the simplest route. Also take note that I live in the tropical, so adapting to the tropical rainforest in Puncak Jaya is not that hard for me, while doing a glacier climbing may post a greater difficulty to me that others.
Cost is not an issue.
so far i have gather the following information, please help me check if they are true:
1: Koscuiszko should be the easiest in all aspect.
2: Kilimanjaro should be easiest in all aspect save for Koscuiszko.
3: Everest is the hardest in overall aspects and much harder compared to any other mountains listed here.
4: Cartensze Pyramid has the hardest technical requirement, and some sources claimed that there are military and political instanblity in the area.
5: Elbus Vinson and Aconcagua is similar in terms of overall difficulty
6: McKinley is probably the 2nd hardest in terms of overall difficulty
Another thing i would like to know is the name of the mountain by locals, as i know that Everest is being called Qoomulangma and Carstense is Puncak Jaya, i wonder if the locals prefer the name of Denali and Minghi Taw?
I am wondering about the difficulty ranking of the 7 summits (7 continental tallest points) as i have encounter various different ranking, but hardly conclusive, and differ by a lot. By the way, i am doing the 9 summit challenge: all 7 + Koscuiszko +mont Blanc.
i would like to know the OVERALL DIFFICULTY(include technical+weather, temperature,physical aspect) of the climb, when more than a route is available, i will take the simplest route. Also take note that I live in the tropical, so adapting to the tropical rainforest in Puncak Jaya is not that hard for me, while doing a glacier climbing may post a greater difficulty to me that others.
Cost is not an issue.
so far i have gather the following information, please help me check if they are true:
1: Koscuiszko should be the easiest in all aspect.
2: Kilimanjaro should be easiest in all aspect save for Koscuiszko.
3: Everest is the hardest in overall aspects and much harder compared to any other mountains listed here.
4: Cartensze Pyramid has the hardest technical requirement, and some sources claimed that there are military and political instanblity in the area.
5: Elbus Vinson and Aconcagua is similar in terms of overall difficulty
6: McKinley is probably the 2nd hardest in terms of overall difficulty
Another thing i would like to know is the name of the mountain by locals, as i know that Everest is being called Qoomulangma and Carstense is Puncak Jaya, i wonder if the locals prefer the name of Denali and Minghi Taw?