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Mount Sidley – December 2021 (updated)

22nd December 2021 by James Stone Leave a Comment

[Updated 1st January 2022 to include details of the guides, details of summits and updated list of Mount Sidley summits]

This blog looks at ALE’s expedition to Mount Sidley in December 2021. ALE had to cancel its January 2021 trip because of Covid. So ALE proposes to run two trips this season with a further one departing in January 2022 (though I have heard a rumour that this will not in fact run – more on this later).

The group of seven left Punta Arenas, as scheduled, on 18 December. I understand that the weather was good enough that the group was able to fly straight away to the mountain. When I went we waited two days and used one day to ascend Charles Peak on the opposite side of Union Glacier.

Windscoop on Charles Peak
Windscoop on Charles Peak

The team of seven comprises:

  • Jaime Viñals from Guatemala. This experienced mountaineer has climbed the seven summits. Sidley will be his final one of the Volcanic Seven Summits. Interestingly he has also climbed each of the highest peaks on the seven largest islands in the world.
  • James Allen from Australia. James is another Everest summiter and has also finished the seven summits. He has also climbed four of the Volcanic Seven Summits.
  • Stephan Jesinghaus from Germany. Mount Sidley will be his sixth of the Volcanic Seven Summits.
  • Yousef Alrefaie from Kuwait. For Yousef Mount Sidley will be his final one of the Volcanic Seven Summits. He will also be the first Middle Easterner and Arab to complete them.
  • Fahd Abu Aisha from Egypt. Mount Sidley will be his sixth of the Volcanic Seven Summits.
  • Delia and Iulia Zanoschi, twins from Romania though currently resident in the USA. They are also Everest summiters and have the ambition of becoming the youngest people to have completed both the seven summits and the Volcanic Seven Summits, so “beating” Satyarup Siddhanta’s current record.

At the moment I do not know the identities of the guides. [The guides were Tom Weston and Scott Webster, both UK based guides.]

With a team of this size they will almost certainly have travelled to the mountain in a Basler.

Basler at Mount Sidley base camp
Basler at Mount Sidley base camp

I will update this blog as and when I receive further information. [See below]

Here is a link to what I believe to be the current list of Sidley ascents prior to this trip. And here is a link to what I believe to be the current list of those who have completed the Volcanic Seven Summits again prior to this trip.

Best of luck to the Mount Sidley December 2021 team.

Update

The team summited on 22nd December 2021 in what looks to be perfect weather. I am told that all bar Jaime Viñals made it. So only Yousef Al Refaie is added to the list of V7S completers. At 24 he is the second youngest to achieve this feat.

The two rope teams crossing the crater – (c) Yousef Al Refaie (reproduced with permission)

Yousef Al Refaie on Sidley’s summit with Mount Waesche in the background – (c) Yousef Al Refaie (reproduced with permission)

Here is my updated list of Mount Sidley ascents.

DateNameGroupNationality
1.11/01/1990Bill AtkinsonPanter GroupNew Zealand
2.12/01/1990Bill McIntoshPanter GroupUSA
3.12/01/1990Kurt PanterPanter GroupUSA
21/01/1994Bill McIntosh (second ascent)Dunbar/ McIntoshUSA
4.21/01/1994Nelia DunbarDunbar/ McIntoshUSA
5.21/01/1994Thom WilchDunbar/ McIntoshUSA
6.21/01/1994Tony TeelingDunbar/ McIntoshNew Zealand
7.23/01/2011Scott WoolumsALE #1USA
8.23/01/2011Aleks AbramovALE #1Russia
9.23/01/2011Crina “Coco” PopescuALE #1Romania
10.23/01/2011Mario TrimeriALE #1Italy
11.01/01/2012Mike RobertsRoberts GroupNew Zealand
12.01/01/2012Jennifer ErxlebenRoberts GroupUSA
13.01/01/2012Andrew LloydRoberts GroupUSA
14.01/01/2012John Paul O’DonnellRoberts GroupIreland
15.18/01/2013David HamiltonALE #2UK (Scotland)
16.18/01/2013Vyacheslav AdrovALE #2Russia
17.18/01/2013Paul NicholsonALE #2Canada
18.18/01/2013Olga RumyantsevaALE #2Russia
19.18/01/2013Vitaly SimonovichALE #2Russia
20.28/12/2013Dylan TaylorALE #3USA
21.28/12/2013Ilya BykovALE #3Russia
22.28/12/2013Sophie CairnsALE #3UK (England)/Hong Kong
23.28/12/2013Liana Chabdarova ALE #3Russia
24.28/12/2013Andre FilkovALE #3Russia
25.17/01/2014Francois Michel BernardALE #4France
26.17/01/2014Rob SmithALE #4UK (Northern Ireland)
27.17/01/2014John DodelandeALE #4France
28.17/01/2014Philipp Lehner ALE #4Austria
29.17/01/2014Christian de MarliaveALE #4France
30.17/01/2014Joachim MarteALE #4Austria
31.17/01/2014Jean Frederik PaulsenALE #4Sweden
32.17/01/2014Alexander SvaetichinALE #4Sweden
17/01/2014Scott Woolums (second ascent)ALE #4USA
33.14/01/2017Tre-C DumasALE #5USA
34.14/01/2017Christoph HoebenreichALE #5Austria
35.14/01/2017Dan BullALE #5Australia
36.14/01/2017Jarryd CommerfordALE #5USA/UK (England)/IRE
37.14/01/2017Michael GuggolzALE #5Germany
38.14/01/2017Robbi MalandreniotisALE #5UK (England)/Greece
39.14/01/2017James StoneALE #5UK (England)
40.14/01/2018Nate OppALE #6USA
41.14/01/2018Cheryl BartALE #6Australia
42.14/01/2018Nikki BartALE #6Australia
43.14/01/2018Theodore FairhurstALE #6Canada
44.14/01/2018Katie SarahALE #6Australia
45.15/01/2019Fred AlldredgeALE #7USA
46.15/01/2019Maria Paz (Pachi) IbarraALE #7Chile
47.15/01/2019Vladislav LachkarevALE #7Russia
48.15/01/2019Satyarup SiddhantaALE #7India
49.15/01/2019Sándor (Sanya) TóthALE #7Hungary
50.18/01/2020Andrew ChapmanALE #8UK (England)
51.18/01/2020Josh Hoeschen ALE #8USA
52.18/01/2020Vaughan de la HarpeALE #8South Africa
53.18/01/2020Andrew HughesALE #8USA
54.18/01/2020Arthur MarsdenALE #8South Africa
55.18/01/2020Oleg MezentsevALE #8Russia
56.18/01/2020Donald O’ConnorALE #8South Africa
57.18/01/2020David RoskelleyALE #8USA
58.18/01/2020Roxanne VogelALE #8USA
59.18/01/2020Rob WilliamsALE #8South Africa
60.22/12/2021Scott WebsterALE #9UK (Scotland)
61.22/12/2021Tom Weston ALE #9UK (England)
62.22/12/2021Fahd Abu AishaALE #9Egypt
63.22/12/2021James AllenALE #9Australia
64.22/12/2021Stephan JesinghausALE #9Germany
65.22/12/2021Yousef Al RefaieALE #9Kuwait
66.22/12/2021Delia ZanoschiALE #9Romania
67.22/12/2021Iulia ZanoschiALE #9Romania

I will do a separate blog soon on V7S completers as there are two currently preparing for an ascent of Ojos del Salado. If they are successful, this will add two more to the list.

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