The fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas ... miles from the South Pole. Mt. Vinson and five other nearby mountains are collectively called Vinson Massif. In January 1967, a climbing ...

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 ... have never tried to ...

Vinson and five other nearby mountains collectively comprise Vinson Massif ... to a suitable temperature for climbing. Mountaineers from around the world have descended to the frigid ice of ...