Western Washington man completes the 'Seven Summits' with a climb up Mount Everest

The Lake Stevens man has now climbed the seven highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

LAKE STEVENS, Wash. — A Western Washington man just completed climbing the Seven Summits, which includes Mount Everest. The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.

Travis Van Overbeke is a dad, and husband, and owns a small construction company in Lake Stevens. Now he can say he is also one of the people who have completed the seven summits. He just returned from his trip to Mount Everest two days ago. He started on the journey of completing the seven summits more than

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