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V7S completion update – end 2022

10th January 2023 by James Stone Leave a Comment

This is a blog that I should have posted a while back. In September two more people completed the V7S.  Both climbed Mount Giluwe to achieve this and the ascents were within 8 days of one another.

The first was Fahd Abu Aisha, an Egyptian of Palestinian heritage.  He works in the property industry out of London but spends time also in the Gulf. 

He has kindly permitted me to use this picture of himself on Giluwe’s summit. 

Fahd Abu Aisha celebrates on Mount Sidley - the last of his V7S
Fahd Abu Aisha celebrates on Mount Giluwe – (c) Fahd Abu Aisha (used with permission)

He said “This climb was relatively easier compared to the other volcanoes on the list but getting to the top of this one was the most satisfying”.  He has also been raising money for the charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians.  His Just Giving page is here for donations – Fahd Abu Aisha is fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians (justgiving.com)

He was only the second person to complete the V7S on Giluwe.  Although two Africans have previously completed the V7S, Fahd is the first north African.

Hot on his heels was James Allen.  He is an Australian resident and also a seven summiter.  In addition to his mountaineering, he enjoys other explorations such as diving, yachting, paragliding and rock climbing. 

He commented in his Instagram account “I’ve actually enjoyed the volcanic 7 summits way more than the big 7 summits.

“I love the fact that very few people have ever been to these places so they are still relatively raw. I also love the fact that they are volcanoes and the cultures around these active energy sources reflects the power of these mountains.”

Certainly Ojos del Salado, Mount Sidley and Mount Giluwe are significantly less visited than their seven summits counterparts.

As I post this, the 2023 expedition to Mount Sidley has just started.  So I am anticipating a further seven V7S completers in the next week or so.

Because the numbers competing are rising seemingly exponentially, I am considering stopping the publication of the list.  Any views on this?

In the meantime I set out below the current list of V7S completers:

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.Viacheslav Adrov (Russia) (52)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
27Delia Zanoschi (Romania) (33)29th May 2022Damavand
Iulia Zanoschi (Romania) (33)29th May 2022Damavand
29Fahd Abu Aisha (Egypt, of Palestinian heritage) (32)13th September 2022Mount Giluwe
30James Allen (Australia/NZ/UK) (49)21st September 2022Mount Giluwe

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