Canadian conquers seven summits in seven months

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DANIEL GRIFFITH

ACMG GUIDE

************************* INVERMERE, BC, November 28 - Daniel Griffith has made Canada and the Canadian alpine community proud by setting an incredible world record.

Dan, a Stratford Ontario native, has just finished climbing the highest peaks on each of the seven continents within 187 days, which puts him in the Guinness Book of World Records. Dan, 55, is the oldest Canadian to have conquered Mount Everest. The quest began on May 24 on the summit of Mount Everest at 6:30 a.m. (Nepal) and was completed on November 27 on the top of Mount Vinson at 4:30 p.m. (Chile). Dan took three attempts to summit Mt Everest: his first attempt was with the Everest Light Canadian Team in 1986.

He was able to assist Sharon Wood, the first Canadian woman to summit Everest on their summit bid however the weather turned bad forcing the rest of the team off the mountain. Three children and 20 years later, Dan decided to try for his dream again and attempted to climb Mount Everest a second time in 2005.

High winds once again forced him off the mountain.

On his third attempt, Dan reached the summit of Mount Everest and was able to stay on top for an entire hour.

Dan climbed three of the seven summits in record time with his 26-year-old son Luke and was joined on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro [shown] in Africa by his entire family.

Dan has been a true mentor for hundreds of young men and women who aspire to do great things in the mountains.

He would be the last one to boast about his achievements and the first to encourage others to reach out for their dreams.

Seven summits in seven months:

Mount Everest Nepal May 24, 2006

Mount McKinley Alaska June 15, 2006

Mount Elbrus Russia July 4, 2006

Carstensz Pyramid Indonesia September 24, 2006

Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania October 3, 2006

Mount Aconcagua Argentina October 20, 2006

Mount Vinson Antarctica November 27, 2006

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