Rheasilvia 29er

Routes (1)

• Standard Route — Class 6 (Vesta environment; spacecraft & pressure suit required)

The standard ascent of this impact central peak gains roughly 72,000 ft of vertical relief. There are no technical cruxes — the entire difficulty is logistics, cold, and a hard vacuum (or near-vacuum).

Recorded ascents: 0 — be the first.

Trip Reports (0)

No trip reports yet. No human or robot has stood on this summit. Be the first to summit and post one!

Map

South polar region of asteroid 4 Vesta — 71.95° S, 86.3° E.

NASA – Vesta

Conditions — Rheasilvia

Airless and frigid (about −190°F in sunlight). Surface gravity is roughly 0.025 g, so a careless step could launch you toward escape velocity. Gravity is so weak (~0.025 g) that the “climb” is mostly a very long, very slow float.

  Summit: 72,000 ft (19–22 km above its base).