Mt. Vinson and five other nearby mountains, collectively called Vinson Massif, sit 700 nautical miles from the South Pole. In January 1967, a climbing team led by Nicholas Clinch from the American ...

After a successful expedition to Mt. Vinson in Antarctica to close out 2024, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering returned to the ice to kick-off 2025 with another expedition team.

As mountains go, Antarctica’s Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height. A humpbacked hunk of granite that rises to 16,860 ft., Vinson is the highest known peak on the ...

Just a week before, in early January 2024, he’d struggled through snow and ice to summit the Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest peak. Years before, in 2017, he’d become the first Irish ...

With the support of Alpine Ascent International, the duo successfully summited Vinson Massif. This mountain is known for its daunting challenges, including a remote location in Antarctica, high winds, ...

Vinson Massif in Antarctica and either Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea or Mount Kosciuszko in Australia remain on the list, while Mount Elbrus in Russia is currently unavailable. Then ...