The Columbus Dispatch covered Robert Alt’s Mt. Everest Summit. “This isn’t where Alt’s journey ends, however. On Profound Climbing, Alt shared his plan to climb the Seven Summits of the World, or the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents.”

Cleveland.com highlighted Robert Alt’s summiting Mt. Everest. “Everest is the fifth peak Alt has collected from the ‘Seven Summits,’ a mountaineering challenge to climb the highest peak on each of the world’s seven continents.”

Robert Alt sat down with Nepal’s premier business magazine, Business 360, for a conversation about free market ideas, public policy, and the lessons mountaineering can offer to those working to shape a more prosperous and accountable future.

Robert Alt extends thanks to those who generously enabled his blogging and to the people who have served as examples in his personal life, professional career, and hobby sport.

Robert Alt’s father mailed a postcard from his own trek to Everest Base Camp in the late 1990s that foreshadowed Robert’s 2015 hiking in Nepal.

Robert Alt conveys how a Czech proverb augured his eventual mountain climbing and wonders whether he was destined to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the exact day he ultimately did in 2025.

Robert Alt arrives in Lukla via alternative transportation and treks through several villages in the Khumbu Valley to reach Tengboche.

Robert Alt visits Pangboche's famous monastery, is moved by a poignant memorial to the fallen, reports no yeti sightings thus far, and emphasizes his PROFOUND CLIMBING™ approach to mountaineering.

Robert Alt contends with summit fever on Lobuche, accepts wise counsel from a fictional knight circa 1597, and doubles down on his singlemindedness with his sights unalterably set on Everest, 2025.

Cleveland.com heard that Robert Alt was “On the Move” and climbing Everest. He certainly is.

Alex Honnold sends kind words of encouragement before Robert Alt’s epic expedition. Watch the video.

Follow along with Robert Alt’s activities the day before he left Columbus, Ohio, for Kathmandu, Nepal.

A personal message Robert Alt wrote from his expedition in Antarctica to The Buckeye Institute’s supporters on December 29, 2022, explaining the inspirational role his late father plays in his mountain climbing.

Robert Alt’s profoundly considered perspective about why he climbs mountains.

Robert Alt describes his wife’s romantic gesture, loving support, and special birthday gift.

Robert Alt is the Founder of PROFOUND CLIMBING™ and the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio (United States of America).

Location: Nepal/Tibet – Asia
Height: 29,032 feet (8,848 meters)

First summitted in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest has since garnered fame not just for its astounding height, but for its harsh conditions including avalanches, extreme weather, and—of course—altitude sickness. Its summit crowns the Himalaya and straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet (the latter being administered as an Autonomous Region of China) and can be approached from either side.

Location: Argentina – South America
Height: 22,841 feet (6,961 meters)

As the highest peak outside of Asia, Aconcagua is also the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. It is situated close to the Chilean border in Mendoza Province, and its precise elevation has been a source of contention for more than a century. It was first summitted in 1897 by Swiss climber Matthias Zurbriggen.

Location: Alaska, United States of America – North America
Height: 20,310 feet (6,190 meters)

Renowned for stunning grandeur and severe weather conditions, Denali/McKinley remains a key site in the study of glaciology—given its majestic ice cap. Its first verified summit was in 1913 by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum.

Location: Tanzania – Africa
Height: 19,341 feet (5,895 meters)

Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano located near the Kenyan border. Its distinctive shape and ecosystems ranging from lush rainforest to arctic desert create a rich experience for climbers. It was first summited in 1889 by German Hans Meyer and Austrian Ludwig Purtscheller.