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 AAI Mount Vinson, Antarctica '98 Expedition
Mount Vinson Expedition Photo
Summit day begins with a 3-mile traverse and 3,000-foot gain in elevation, and finishes on boiler-plate-hard snow to the roof of Antarctica, at 16,076'.