One man on a mission the road to Everest
Luke Richmond is a man on a serious mission to become the youngest Australian to climb the seven highest peaks on seven continents.
Luke has been training intensively at the Xtreme Gap Year Thailand Fitness Bootcamp in the run up to his first peak Aconcagua in Argentina.
Luke, an underground coal miner from Queensland is setting off to climb the seven highest peaks on seven continents, finishing with the mighty Mt Everest . Over the 18 month long challenge he is raising money for the Central Asia Institute, an NGO who promotes community based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
If successful Luke will be the youngest Australian to complete this feat and will join the elite list of those who have conquered the seven summits.
Join Luke Richmond as a sponsor on this exciting adventure by visiting his website Oloc Adventures (One Life One Chance in case you were wondering):
The seven summits challenge has captured the imagination of many, as well as given a focus to mountaineers worldwide.
1. Aconcagua 6962m January 29th 2011. Argentina. Sponsored by the Emerald Coalfields Lodge
2. Denali 6194m May 1st 2011. Alaska. Sponsored by the CFMEU
3. Elbrus 5642m July 28th 2011. Russia.
4.Kilimanjaro 5895m September 11 2011. Tanzania.
5.Carstensz Pyramid 4884m November 2011 TBC. West Papua.
6.Vinson Massif 4892m January 2012 TBC. Antarctica.
7. Mt Everest 8850m May 2012 TBC. Nepal
No stranger to adventure over the past five years Luke has been gaining experience for his challenge in the far corners of the world, climbing peaks and exploring in Nepal, Kazakhstan, Sumatra, East Timor and Alaska. He is now mentally and physically prepared to take on this extreme and dangerous challenge.
Most recently he has been rock climbing in Thailand to improve his strength, clearly it has been working when you see the size of him.
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