Prague Mayor Pavel Bem has climbed the highest summit of Antarctica Mount Vinson, Czech main stream media reported. He confirmed it in television interview without more details. According to the media speculation he spent New Years Eve holiday in Antarctica and the Mount Vinson was allegedly the last in 7 Summits (highest mountains of the continents).

Pevl Bem already as Prague Mayor climbed Mount Everest in 2007. He climbed also the highest mountain of Pamir and the highest mountain of North America Mount McKinley, Czech News Agency (CTK) reported.

Source in Czech: CTK


Prague Mayor Pavel Bem (on the right hand side) with Reinhold Messner at press conference of the Smichov Festival of Alpinismus in Prague, November 2009 
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