Mount Elbrus Russia. The name "Elbrus" is a metathesis of "Alborz", which is also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran. It is derived from Avestan "Harā Bərəzaitī", which is a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology. "Harā Bərəzaitī" reflects Proto-Iranian *"Harā Bṛzatī", which was reformed into Middle Persian as "Harborz", and into Modern Persian as "Alborz". "Bṛzatī" is the feminine form of the adjective *"bṛzant" ("high"), the reconstructed ancestor of Modern Ossetian "bærzond" ("high", "peak"), Modern Persian "barz" ("high"), "berāzande" ("elegant"), and "boland" ("high", "tall"), and Modern Kurdish "barz" ("high"). "Harā" may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from
Ken Noguchi of Kosciuszko). He ascended Kosciuszko in September, 1992. After scaling Vinson Massif in 1994, he became the youngest person to have climbed the highest mountains on 5 continents. He captured the title of youngest person perform the feat on 6 continents with his ascent of Mt. Elbrus in 1996. On May 13, 1999, he completed his journey by reaching the summit of Mt. Everest. The total time from Kilimanjaro to Everest was 9 years, 163 days. Upon completion, he was 25 years, 265 days old, the youngest at that time to complete all seven. Rhys Miles Jones of the United