WHAT'S NEXT?

NOLS Alaska - 2005	Aconcagua - South America                     December 2007 - January 2008 There are currently 2 record holders for the youngest to complete the seven summits – 1 via Carstenz Pyramid and 1 via Kosciusko. The youngest to complete the seven via Kosciusko (the easier of the 2 mountains) is 18 years old, and the youngest to complete the seven via Carstenz Pyramid is 23 years and 11 days. Alex plans on climbing the seven including Carstenz Pyramid, not Kosciusko, and he plans on finishing them by July 2009. If successful, Alex will finish the 7 when he is 21 years and 11 months old. Alex has already climbed 3 of the 7 summits, and was unsuccessful in summiting on an unguided solo expedition on Aconcagua through December-January 2007. For details of the expedition go to Adventures.
NOLS Alaska - 2005	Seven Summits Africa – Mt. Kilimanjaro (July 2006) completed Europe – Mt. Elbrus (August 2006) completed South America – Mt. Aconcagua (Didn't Summit) North America – Denali (June 2007) completed South America – Mt. Aconcagua (December – January 2008) Antarctica – Mt. Vinson Massif (January 2009) Asia – Mt. Everest (May 2008) Australasia – Carstenz Pyramid (July 2008)

Alex trains five to six times a week including spending time weight lifting (lower body) and climbing in the Colorado mountains.  Several times per week Alex loads up with a 65 pound pack and 10 pound ankle weights on each leg and hikes to the top of the Flatirons outside Boulder.

- Mt. Rainier (Kautz Chute) June 2006 - completed

- Colorado's 14ers August 2006 - continuous