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Volcanic Seven Summiters – January 2022

11th January 2022 by James Stone 3 Comments

This blog follows my recent blog on December 2021’s Sidley expedition.  As indicated in that blog, there was one additional person who had then completed the Volcanic Seven Summits.  I can now report that two more individuals can now be added to the list.  So this blog provides an updated list of Volcanic Seven Summiters – January 2022. [Note that my main Volcanic Seven Summits page contains the current updated list.]

In addition to Yousef al Refaie who completed last month, we now have Robbi Malandreniotis (UK) and Jarryd Commerford (USA/UK/IRE) who summited Ojos del Salado on 9th January 2022. 

It sounds like the ascent was fairly brutal with a 16 hour round trip.  That compares with the 11½ hours I took when I did the climb.  But many congratulations to them both.

Two new volcanic seven summiters on Ojos del Salado - January 2022
The completion party – Robbi (second from the left) and Jarryd (in yellow) (c) Robbi Malandreniotis (used with permission)

There are now 26 climbers on the list.  Five are women and 15 have also climbed one or other (or both) versions of the Seven Summits.

With people completing the Volcanic Seven Summits on the same day, I list them in alphabetical order by surname.  So, if it matters, the list does not necessarily reflect the order in which people reached a summit.  I have noted them with the same number rather than seeking to give any individual preference over any other.

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

As ever I remain aware of a number of people who have just one or two more volcanoes to climb in order to complete the challenge.  For most, but certainly not all, this is Mount Sidley. 

But I imagine that I am unaware of others who are close to finishing.  If anyone reading this blog has any information anyone who is pursuing this challenge I would be glad to have it.  Likewise if there are any errors or omissions in the list please let me know. I am always happy to correct these.

The List

Climber, nationality and age at completionDate of Final SummitFinal summit
1.Mario Trimeri (Italy) (58)24th January 2011Mount Sidley
Crina "Coco" Popescu (Romania) (16)24th January 2011Mount Sidley
3.Vyechaslav Adrov (Russia) (50)18th January 2013Mount Sidley
4.Aleks Abramov (Russia) (47)13th September 2013Mount Giluwe
5.Olga Rumyantseva (Russia) (36)9th December 2013Ojos del Salado
6.Vitaliy Simonovic (Russia) (42)19th December 2013Ojos del Salado
7.Francois Bernard (Fr) (49)17th January 2014Mount Sidley
8.Sophie Cairns (UK) (32)10th June 2014Elbrus
9.Paul Nicholson (Canada) (54)5th December 2014Ojos del Salado
10.Liana Chabdarova (Russia) (28) 12th January 2015Ojos del Salado
11.Andrey Filkov (Russia) (49)16th September 2015Damavand
12.James Stone (UK) (59)14th January 2017Mount Sidley
13.Daniel Bull (Australia) (36)27th April 2017Ojos del Salado
14.Katie Sarah (Australia) (49)14th January 2018Mount Sidley
15.David Hamilton (UK) (56)10th February 2018Ojos del Salado
16.Theodore (Ted) Fairhurst (Canada) (71)9th December 2018Ojos del Salado
17.Vladislav Lachkaryev (Russia) (42)15th January 2019Mount Sidley
Satyarup Siddhanta (India) (35)15th January 2019Mount Sidley
Sándor (Sanya) Tóth (Hungary) (41)15th January 2019Mount Sidley
20.Vaughan de la Harpe (South Africa) (63)18th January 2020Mount Sidley
Arthur Marsden (South Africa) (58)18th January 2020Mount Sidley
Oleg Mezentsev (Russia) (39)18th January 2020Mount Sidley
David Roskelley (USA) (51)18th January 2020Mount Sidley
24.Yousef Al Refaie (Kuwait) (24)22nd December 2021Mount Sidley
25.Jarryd Commerford (USA/UK/IRE) (35)9th January 2022Ojos del Salado
Robbi Malandreniotis (UK) (44)9th January 2022Ojos del Salado

And the Seven Summits?

None of the recent completers have current seven summits ambitions.  So there have been no changes to the details in the next couple of paragraphs as far as I am aware.

Aleks Abramov, Vitaliy Simonovic, Dan Bull, Ted Fairhurst, Satyarup Siddhanta and David Roskelley have also completed the seven continental summits (both Carstensz and Kosciuszko versions).

Mario Trimeri, François Bernard, David Hamilton, Vladislav Lachkaryev, Vaughan de la Harpe, Arthur Marsden and Oleg Mezentsev have completed the seven continental summits (Carstensz version).

Andrey Filkov and Katie Sarah have completed the seven continental summits (Kosciuszko version).

I have consistently written before that the V7S challenge is becoming more popular. There is a trend amongst those who have completed the 7S to look for other endeavours to complete. Perhaps this is not surprising for a group of driven individuals. The V7S is a part of this. But there are other challenges.

So François Bernard, Vitaliy Simonovich, Vladislav Lachkaryev, Vaughan de la Harpe and Arthur Marsden have also skied to the North and South Poles. You can expect at least a couple more achieving this combination in the course of the coming year, Covid-19 permitting.

I am also aware of other challenges that are being looked at.

But who has actually climbed the highest volcano in Australia? Should this not be one of the Volcanic Seven Summits?

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Comments

  1. Paul G. Nicholson says

    28th January 2022 at 1:31 pm

    Hey James!
    First and foremost, an BIG thank you for keeping up this website on the Volcanic 7 – very much appreciated! I need to spend a lot more time here getting caught up on all things V7S … superb info source!
    Just FYI for completeness, I was born in 1960 – so wherever you want to list my age as to when I completed the V7S, it should be “54” (rather than “50”).
    Also, I do apologize that I did not connect with you when we passed as ‘ships on the sea’ at Ojos del Salado – I would have loved to have chatted and shaken your hand … guess I was just too focused on the task at hand (that was my 3rd trip to Ojos when we passed each other, the previous two trips I was defeated by the weather – way too much wind and snow those trips).
    I hope our paths cross someday – we also have a Scottish connection (I did a Geology thesis on the Torridonian sandstone in the NW Highlands – Liathach was my second home in the 1980s 🙂 )
    All the very best James! (Paul)

    Reply
    • James Stone says

      28th January 2022 at 3:13 pm

      Paul – thanks for making contact and for your kind comments. I have made the correction. We may even have been close in Torridon as I was a frequent visitor from the mid-1980s when I was bagging Munros.
      I will email you separately. James

      Reply

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