Previous Expeditions

Caucasus 1993 - Mount Elbrus 5642m (18,510ft)

At 1300hrs on Monday 19th July 1993 a joint expedition of nine Scots and four Russians stood on the summit of Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe. The Scottish Scouts Seven Summits Project had started. Click here to read more.

Alaskan Adventure 1997 - Denali ‘The High One’ 6194m (20,320ft)

Mount McKinley, or Denali as it is known to the native Alaskan Inuit, has the greatest height gain from Base Camp to the summit of all the major mountains in the world and after 16 days on the mountain a team of Scottish Scouts reached the summit. Click here to read more

Aconcagua 2000 - ‘The Stone Sentinel’ 6960m (22,841ft)

Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere and the second highest in the Seven Summits Project. Teaming up in Mendoza with the Leonardo Murialdo Scout Group a team of climbers spent sixteen days on the mountain before summiting the mountain at 1455hrs with the temperature at -25°C and in gusting winds of up to 70mph. Click here to read more

Kilimanjaro 2001 – ‘The Roof Of Africa’ 5895m (19,341ft)

On the 7th July 2001 a joint expedition of Scottish, Russian and Tanzanian Scouts were granted permission to climb Kilimanjaro by the little used and remote Rongai route. Following four days of arduous climbing eleven members of the joint team stood proudly on the summit of the highest mountain in Africa where a stunning dawn sky witnessed their achievement. Click here to read more

Mount Cook/Aoraki - ‘The Cloud Piercer’ 3373m (12,500ft)

In January of 2004 ten Scottish Scouts attempted to scale Mount Cook, the highest mountain in Australasia, and one of the most dangerous in the world.

At 1300hrs on Wednesday 7 January 2004, amid the rumbling sound of avalanches, the team took advantage of a break in the weather to climb neighbouring Mount Dixon at 3004m (9,914ft) and for their efforts were rewarded with views of New Zealand’s South Island.

However, the unpredictable New Zealand weather on Mount Cook refused to be tamed and after sixty hours in the cramped confines of a mountain hut waiting for winds of 90-150km/h to abate, a decision was made in the interests of safety to vacate the mountain and spend the time enjoying the more gentle pursuit of sightseeing.  Click here to read more

Mount Everest - 'THe Goddess of the Universe' 8850m (29,035ft)

On the 1st April 2007 ten Scottish Scouts left Glasgow airport for Nepal to make an attempt Mt Everest, the highest mountain in Asia and the world.

After 46days of travelling, acclimatising and climbing Carrie Gibson reached the summit at 6.23am Nepali time on May 16th to become only the 6th Scottish female to have climbed Mount Everest.