We have arrived in Mount Vinson base camp (2,140m/7,020 feet)! After a delay due to some foggy weather, the twin otter took us from Union Glacier Camp (700m/2,297feet) today over to Mount ...

From there, climbers take a smaller aircraft to the base camp of Mount Vinson. The logistics required to get to the continent, and to base camp, present half the battle in climbing this mountain.

At just 17, Kaamya Karthikeyan has made history by scaling the highest peaks on all seven continents, including Mount Everest ...

They landed on Union Glacier. When weather allowed, they took a twin prop Otter plane across the mountain range to Mount Vinson base camp. On arrival they had to set up camp. The last climbers had ...

And beyond that—if we made it beyond that—lay over 4,000 more feet of vertical relief before we reached the highest point on the continent, the summit of Vinson Massif. In short, we were about ...

Speaking to TNIE, Karthikey admits, “The climb to Mount Vinson was not easy ... From there, they acclimatised and advanced to the Vinson Massif base camp before climbing the summit,” he ...