The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.1 - Climbing Everest
The Seven Summits (highest mountain peaks on each continent/major tectonic plate) are:
Everest
Aconcagua
Denali
Kilimanjaro
Elbrus
Puncak Jaya
Vinson

Conquer two of the seven summits by reading TWO books by two different authors. The author initials for each book must be found in ONE peak, and you must "summit" two different peaks. Middle initials may be ignored. Books with multiple authors work as long as at least one author meets the requirement.
Required: Indicate which two peaks you summited when you post.

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Can the initials be reversed? I am thinking of using Puncak Jaya for Camille Pagán.

Bea wrote: "Can the initials be reversed? I am thinking of using Puncak Jaya for Camille Pagán."

That works. The initials can be in any order as long as they are in the same peak.

Kristina Simon wrote: "Bea wrote: "Can the initials be reversed? I am thinking of using Puncak Jaya for Camille Pagán."

That works. The initials can be in any order as long as they are in the same peak."

Thanks.

I just want to confirm, can we use a book with multiple authors, and, if so, can only 1 author's initials work, or do all have to fit?

Terri FL wrote: "I just want to confirm, can we use a book with multiple authors, and, if so, can only 1 author's initials work, or do all have to fit?"

Good question! The book can have multiple authors and only one author needs to meet the requirement. I'll make adjustments to the task description to make that clear.

Can middle names be ignored, or just if it's listed as an initial? I wanted to use Anne Helen Petersen for Puncak Jaya

Melanie wrote: "Can middle names be ignored, or just if it's listed as an initial? I wanted to use Anne Helen Petersen for Puncak Jaya"

In this case, H would be her middle initial and it can be ignored. She'll work for Puncak Jaya.

Can initials only be used as often as they appear in the summit name? I’m thinking of reading a book by Joseph Jacobs and wondering if it could work for either Kilimanjaro or Puncak Jaya or if the letter J would need to appear twice for it to count. Thank you!

Bryony wrote: "Can initials only be used as often as they appear in the summit name? I’m thinking of reading a book by Joseph Jacobs and wondering if it could work for either Kilimanjaro or Puncak..."

Initials can only be used as often as they appear in the summit name. So, the letter J would need to appear twice in the summit name to fit an author whose initials are JJ.