Jaime Vinals
I was reading with much interest about the accomplishments of Guatemalan climber Jaime Vinals. Jaime Vinals has just finished climbing Mount Maromokotro in Madagascar. Mount Maromokotro rises 2876 meters and is located in the island of Madagascar off of the coast of Africa. With this accomplishment, he finishes his goal of climbing the highest mountains on the biggest islands. His next goal is to finish what is known as the "Gran Slam", which consists of trips to the North and South Poles skiing. Vinals can count as his accomplishments, the climbing of the highest seven peaks of the seven continents: Here is a small description of these peak and their locations: Monte Aconcagua (Argentina, 6,959 m.s.n.m.), Monte McKinley o Denali (Alaska, 6,194 m.s.n.m.), Monte Kilimanjaro (Tanzania, 5,895 m.s.n.m.), Monte Elbrus (Rusia, 5,642 m.s.n.m.), Pirámide del Carstensz & Monte Kosciusko (Nueva Guinea, 5,030 m.s.n.m. y Australia 2,228 m.s.n.m.), Macizo Vinson (Antártica, 4,897 m.s.n.m.), Monte Everest (Nepal - Tíbet, 8.848 m.s.n.m.) The best thing of his accomplishments is that it puts Guatemala’s name on the map. Thank you, Jaime and good luck with your next adventure.
