7 Summits + 2 Poles | Horacio Galanti | TEDxGrandePrairie

The 7 Summits + 2 Poles Project is a mountain experience and a trip around the world, connecting mountains, people and cultures to discover the power of nature in untamed environments. The presentation will feature the marvels of high altitude landscapes and the lessons learnt while climbing the highest peak of every continent and reaching the North and South Poles by foot.

Horacio is a Civil Engineer and a passionate high altitude mountain climber, polar explorer and ultra-marathoner. He started climbing at a very early age and throughout the years he progressed to tackle the big mountains of the world.

In 2001, Horacio set out to complete The Grand Slam of Mountaineering: climb the highest mountain of each continent (The Seven Summits) and reach the North and South Poles by foot. He summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus, Mt Aconcagua and Mt. McKinley. In 2013, he climbed Mt. Everest where he set a World Record for performing the highest banking transaction on Earth with the Standard Chartered Bank from Singapore.

In 2014, he finished the North Pole Marathon and climbed the Carstensz Pyramid in Papua New Guinea. The final expedition of The Grand Slam was in Antarctica, where in a period of 4 weeks, he climbed Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica and then skied 140 km in temperatures around 60 below, to reach the Geographic South Pole.

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