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High Altitude Climbing & Seven Summits
High Altitude Climbing & Seven Summits Programs
High altitude mountaineering draws a special kind of adventurer and athlete. In some ways, high altitude climbing is the ultimate endurance sport, requiring deep reserves of physical stamina and will-power. In other ways, the pursuit of high altitude peaks is the best of adventure travel, enabling engagement with local cultures and peoples.
The American Alpine Institute began offering expeditions to high altitude summits in the Andes in the 1970s, and has guided ascents of Denali (Mt. McKinley) since 1980. At the same time, the Institute has offered Skills Expeditions and domestic instructional programs to impart the skills that these peaks demand, enabling climbers to lead their own expeditions, if they choose. Browse the programs below to find your next high altitude project.
Lamoshe Skills Expedition – Sichuan, China
Southwest China is a region with immense diversity of people, landscape, flora and fauna. The province of Sichuan exemplifies this diversity being the cultural border of Tibet and China, the … Read more
Three Peaks of Nepal Expedition
This program provides the best possible introduction to Himalayan climbing – we ascend three beautiful 20,000-foot (6000+ meter) peaks in a relatively short time and in one of the most … Read more
Cho Oyu Expedition
Cho Oyu stands along the Nepali-Tibetan border about 18 miles west of Everest, tied to it by a long ridge with five summits over 23,000 feet. Cho Oyu is the … Read more
Mt. Vinson Expedition
Vinson Massif is Antarctica’s highest mountain, reaching 16,050 feet (4,892m) in the heart of the Ellsworth Mountains. Located 700 nautical miles from the South Pole, the mountain was first climbed … Read more
Bolivia – Ancohuma and Illampu Expedition
Bolivia’s Cordillera Real has as its northern crown the Sorata Massif, a large group of peaks rising abruptly from the altiplano just east of Lake Titicaca and dropping its eastern … Read more
Ecuador – El Altar Expedition
Contact the AAI Office for further details. Alternatively, we offer our Cotopaxi Skills Expedition and Chimborazo Ascent in Ecuador or our Ice Field Expedition or Gorra Blanca Ascent in Patagonia. An exotic, remote expedition goal, El Altar is … Read more
