The Explorer’s Grand Slam

One of the rarest achievements in adventure: the highest peak on every continent, plus the North and South Poles. Lonnie Bedwell has completed all of it but one.

The seven continental summits are counted two different ways — Kosciuszko for Australia, or Carstensz Pyramid for Oceania. Rather than pick a side, Lonnie climbed both. Only the North Pole remains.

Lonnie Bedwell at the South Pole marker

Every Leg, In Order