Eric Gilbertson Becomes the First Person to Climb the High Point of Every Country in the Americas
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Eric Gilbertson of Seattle has completed a 16-year quest to become the first person to climb the highest point in all 35 countries across North, South, and Central America and the Caribbean, culminating with peaks in Venezuela, Guyana, and one additional nation in summer 2026.
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