Thanks for all the great comments. I myself am very proud of the pics I got. The website was generated easily on an Apple using iWeb.
Harry, thanks for moving the topic to where it will get more attention. I have already contacted you about both Elbrus/Acon and will probably book the Normal route on Elbrus through you (with my Polish friends) summer 2008 and Acon Jan 2009 (a long time off yet)
MoT, not using the cats myself (don’t know what my Polish buddies will want to do, but I need at least 1 to partner with). I plan to not even use the chair lift up to the barrels after the tram. I heard it was a short walk anyway. Will do the 12 day, want to have backup days for this.
Mike W, I will train hard for Acon!!! Too bad I didn’t get a chance to get to the inner crater/ash pit on Kili. May have to go back some day.
mc, good luck in June, have fun. I will probably do several mountains with (or through) 7summits.
With the break between Rainier (Aug 2007) and Elbrus (June 2008), I may add a short side trip to
Australia to knock off Kosciuszko and visit my New Zealand friends in Nov/Dec 2007. I'm not sure which is the true 7th, so I'll probably end up doing both anyway (if I get past some other challenges first). Plus I have to hope that Carstensz will at some point open up the roads and trails so that you don't have to pay a small fortune for a helo in/out. Of course there is a risk they close the whole mountain too.