The "Seven Summits" are the highest point on each continent. They are seven simply because the American continent is divided in two with a different summit for each half, and Antarctica -which we tend to forget because it has no indigenous people- has a summit of its own.

The quest to scale the highest point on each continent has been the dream of every mountaineer ever since a wealthy and determined American businessman by the name of Dick Bass completed this formidable task in 1985.
Apart from being a tremendous challenge demanding great deal from climbers, attempting to complete this task offers them a wide variety of experiences literally in every corner of the globe.

To this day, there are no more than 89 climbers from 26 different countries who have completed the Carstensz version of the Seven Summits, but the number is rapidly increasing given the unique nature of this challenge and its tremendous rewards on the personal level and beyond.