Mount Kosciuszko
A paved trail and a metal boardwalk from the top of the Thredbo chairlift. The most accessible peak of the seven.
The Long Way Up.
He spent 6.5 years finishing the Seven Summits and invests the same way - slowly, and with no intention of turning around.
MEET JESSE
The Discipline of Staying
“Mountains don't reward speed. They reward whoever is still there on day forty, when the weather is wrong and nobody would blame you for going home."
Jesse Williams is a Las Vegas-based investor in clean-energy infrastructure and a mountaineer who has climbed the Seven Summits and the highest point in all fifty states. He approaches both the same way: slowly, and with the intention of finishing.
Discover His Story
The Long Climb
Seven Summits
Kilimanjaro
Rainforest to arctic glacier in a single week. Five climate zones stacked on one mountain.
Denali
About 5,500 metres of vertical from basecamp to summit. More relief than Everest asks of anyone.
Mount Vinson
About 1,200 kilometres from the South Pole. Getting there is harder than climbing it.
Aconcagua
Nearly 7,000 metres without ropes or ice tools. The altitude does the work instead.
Mount Everest
Above 8,000 metres the body deteriorates faster than it recovers, supplemental oxygen or not.
Elbrus
A dormant volcano with a chairlift most of the way up, and the end of a six-and-a-half-year project.
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Mount Kosciuszko
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Kilimanjaro
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Denali
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Mount Vinson
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Aconcagua
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Mount Everest
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Elbrus
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