The 7 Summits

By

Tony van Marken

PerfectWall Climbing Gym

PerfectHealth Wellness Centre

Stellenbosch

2 June 2006

19h00

Tony van Marken climbed Everest to raise awareness for The Children’s Hospital Trust, the fundraising arm of The Red Cross Children’s Hospital. He reached the summit of Everest via the South Col route on June 2^nd, 2005, to complete his quest to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the world’s seven continents.

In 2002, at the age of 37, Tony climbed Kilimanjaro, which ignited a passion to climb some of the world’s great mountains. In less than three years, on his first attempt, he climbed each of the world’s seven continental summits, namely; Everest (8,850m) in Asia, Vinson Massif (4,897m) in Antarctica, Mount McKinley (6,194m) in North America, Kilimanjaro (5,895m) in Africa, Mount Elbrus (5,642m) in Europe, Kosciusko  (2,238m) in Australia and Aconcagua (6,959m) in South America.

He has also climbed sixteen 4,000m peaks in Europe including the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. He completed the first, South African ascent of Mount Shinn, the 3^rd highest peak in Antarctica, and completed back-to-back ascents of Mount Cook and Mount Aspiring in New Zealand, a feat rarely achieved. He has also climbed the world’s sixth highest peak, Cho Oyu in Tibet at 8,201m.

Come and join us for this inspiring event.

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