Seven Summits (28 page)

The highest point in North America, Frank and Dick on the summit of McKinley, 20,320 feet.
(Credit: Robie Vaughn)

Kilimanjaro, 19,340 feet, highest peak in Africa.
(Credit: Leo LeBon/Mountain Travel)

Roughing it in the proper British tradition.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Dick and Marian Bass.
(Credit:Kevin Wells)

Safari lunch, a pleasant interlude before returning to rock and ice.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Kilimanjaro Approach: The climb starts in equatorial forest and ends in perennial snow.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Frank in front of Kilimanjaro.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Scrambling on the Machame Route, approaching the crater rim.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Where the dream was born. Nearly 30 years later, Frank (left) returns to the summit of Kilimanjaro, with Dick (center) and Danny Bass (right).
(Credit: Dick Bass)

The highest point in Europe, Mr. Elbrus, 18,510 feet, in Russia's Caucasus Mountains.
(Photo: Norman Benton/Peter Arnold)

The inimitable Peter Jennings and his nurse, Dr. Olga, only partially recovered.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Frank and Luanne Wells with Elbrus in the background.
(Credit: Dick Bass)

Five down, two to go. Lenin and comrades on top of Elbrus.
(Credit: Frank Morgan)

Vinson Massif, Antarctica, 16,863 feet (by the old measurement).
(Credit: Dick Bass)