
7 SUMMITS ON 2 WHEELS FEAT
Ecuador Bike Rental by Sleipner is a proud sponsor of a feat presented to us. The 7 summits is a well-known project worldwide but not an easy one. To climb the highest summit in every continent:
The physical training for the project has been one of the cornerstones. Our athlete had to prepare himself by climbing nearby mountains in Quito over 5000 mts high. And run half marathons 3 times a week, among other specific training.
As for the route, it was decided to ride down the Panamerican highway to Santiago de Chile with all the gear on the motorcycle. Excluding the rider, it’s a load of 59 kg that includes: climbing gear, camping gear, tools, spare parts, and some electronics. Once crossing to Mendoza, and doing the needed paperwork, the idea is to return to the RUTA NACIONAL 7 to Penitentes, leave the bike at the highest possible point and start the climb. Once finished the climb which is estimated in 11 days, the ride will continue via Pampas Argentinas towards Ushuaia. Up this point, the motorcycle will be left in Punta Arenas to fly to Antarctica and start the trekking to Mount Vinson.
Once achieved the first two summits, the idea is to return to Quito via Carretera Austral through the Chilean Andes doing off road as much as possible via Torres del Paine, el Chalten and Uyuni, and via Huascaran National Park to Quito.
No hotels have been booked as the budget is limited, so most of the accommodation will be camping.
As for Ecuador Bike Rental, we are happy to participate in this adventure and regular blogs will be posted covering the story. We wish him the best of lucks!.
- Mount Aconcagua for South America.- (6962 mts, 22841 ft)
- Mount Vinson for Antarctica.- (4897 mts, 16067 ft)
- Mount Denali for North America.- (6194 mts, 20320 ft)
- Mount Kilimanjaro for Africa.- (5895 mts, 19340 ft)
- Mount Elbrus for Europe.- (5642 mts, 18511 ft)
- Mount Everest for Asia.- ( 8848 mts, 29029 ft.), and,
- The Carstensz pyramid for Oceania.-(4884 mts, 16023 ft.)

