Mount Vinson is in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth ... A Twin Otter at Vinson Base Camp. Photo: Damien Gildea In 1960-61, The Mountain World published a picture of the Vinson Massif and ...

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.

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 ...

Pakistan mountaineer Asad Ali Memon successfully summited Mount Vinson. - Our Correspondent KARACHI: Pakistan mountaineer Asad Ali Memon has successfully summited Mount Vinson, the highest peak in ...

KARACHI: Pakistani mountaineer Asad Ali Memon has added another feather to his cap by summitting Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica, edging closer to his quest to complete the Seven ...