Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani at an altitude of 6,962 m. On 28 August 2012, he climbed Mt. Elbrus the tallest peak in Europe at an altitude of 5,642m in Russia. Al Thani has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at an altitude of 5,963m twice, on 25 February 2010 and 12 November 2011, respectively. On 25 December 2012, he climbed Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica at an altitude of 4,897 m. On 11 October 2012, he summited Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia at an altitude of 2,228 m. Al Thani has also climbed Mont Blanc on 10 September 2011 at an altitude of 4810
Mount Elbrus a popular sport of the populace, and there was tremendous traffic on the mountain. On 17 March 1936, a group of 33 inexperienced Komsomol members attempted the mountain, and ended up suffering four fatalities when they slipped on the ice and fell to their deaths. During the Battle of the Caucasus in World War II, the Wehrmacht occupied the area surrounding the mountain from August 1942 to February 1943 with Gebirgsjäger from the 1st Mountain Division. The Nazi Swatstika was placed on the summit of Mount Elbrus on 21 August 1942. A possibly apocryphal story tells of a Soviet pilot