I am able to report that there is another completer of the Volcanic Seven Summits on 15th May 2024.
This is Russian Andrey Kravchenko. He completed the seven on Mount Giluwe as a part of a Seven Summits Club team. Here he is on the summit. Congratulations to him.
The claimants’ list is now as follows:
| Climber, nationality and age at completion | Further information | Date of Final Summit | Final summit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Trimeri (Italy) (58) | 1. | Mario Trimeri’s website is here. | 24th January 2011 | Mount Sidley |
| Crina “Coco” Popescu (Romania) (16) | Further detail on this page. | 24th January 2011 | Mount Sidley | |
| Viacheslav Adrov (Russia) (52) | 3. | I do not know much about this climber. He has also visited both Poles and climbed 11 of the top 50 mountains of the world by prominence. | 18th January 2013 | Mount Sidley |
| Aleksandr (Aleks) Abramov (Russia) (47) | 4. | Aleksandr Abramov is an accomplished mountaineer and guide and proprietor of 7 Summits Club. | 13th September 2013 | Mount Giluwe |
| Olga Rumyantseva (Russia) (36) | 5. | Olga Rumyantseva is a guide with 7 Summits Club. She was sponsored for the V7S by Kaspersky. There is an article here. | 9th December 2013 | Ojos del Salado |
| Vitaliy Simonovic (Russia) (42) | 6. | Claims to be the first person to do the Seven Summits, the V7S and the two Poles. | 19th December 2013 | Ojos del Salado |
| François Bernard (France) (49) | 7. | Guide on the one and only private ALE trip to Mount Sidley. | 17th January 2014 | Mount Sidley |
| Sophie Cairns (UK) (32) | 8. | Sophie Cairns’ description of her Ojos ascent is here. | 10th June 2014 | Elbrus |
| Paul Nicholson (Canada) (54) | 9. | There is a press report of Paul Nicholson’s feat here. | 5th December 2014 | Ojos del Salado |
| Liana Chabdarova (Russia) (32) | 10. | I do not have much information on this climber. She has climbed six of the Seven Summits (Everest missing). | 12th January 2015 | Ojos del Salado |
| Andrey Filkov (Russia) (49) | 11. | I do not have much information on this climber. He has completed the Bass version of the Seven Summits. | 16th September 2015 | Damavand |
| James Stone (UK/Australia) (59) | 12. | 14th January 2017 | Mount Sidley | |
| Daniel Bull (Australia) (36) | 13. | Daniel Bull has a website here. Formerly in the IT industry, he now focuses on motivational speaking. Previously the youngest person to have completed the Seven Summits and V7S combination until Satyarup SIddhanta took this crown from him. | 27th April 2017 | Ojos del Salado |
| Katie Sarah (Australia) (49) | 14. | Katie Sarah has completed the Bass version of the Seven Summits and skied the Last Degree to the South Pole. She intends to ski the Last Degree to the North Pole but has so far been frustrated by war (see here) and Covid. | 14th January 2018 | Mount Sidley |
| David Hamilton (UK) (56) | 15. | David Hamilton is a respected UK guide with multiple Everest summits normally working for Jagged Globe. He has his own website here. | 10th February 2018 | Ojos del Salado |
| Theodore (Ted) Fairhurst (Canada) (71) | 16. | Oldest completer of both the Seven Summits and the V7S with a website here | 9th December 2018 | Ojos del Salado |
| Vladislav Lachkaryev (Russia) (42) | 17. | I do not know much about this climber other than he has completed both the Seven Summits and the V7S. | 15th January 2019 | Mount Sidley |
| Satyarup Siddhanta (India) (35) | Currently the youngest person to have completed by the Seven Summits (Carstensz and Kossie versions) and the V7S. He has a website here. Satya was unwittingly the subject of a fraudulent Everest summit claim. Like Katie Sarah he is also awaiting the opportunity to undertake the North Pole Last Degree. | 15th January 2019 | Mount Sidley | |
| Sándor (Sanya) Tóth (Hungary) (41) | This article comments on this climber’s claim vis-a-vis Ojos del Salado. I have written to this climber to provide the opportunity to comment but I have not received a response. | 15th January 2019 | Mount Sidley | |
| Vaughan de la Harpe (South Africa) (63) | 20. | Also completed the Explorer’s Grand Slam. | 18th January 2020 | Mount Sidley |
| Arthur Marsden (South Africa) (58) | Also completed the Explorer’s Grand Slam. | 18th January 2020 | Mount Sidley | |
| Oleg Mezentsev (Russia) (39) | 18th January 2020 | Mount Sidley | ||
| David Roskelley (USA) (51) | Dave Roskelley is an accomplished mountaineer, having also completed the Seven Summits. His website is here. | 18th January 2020 | Mount Sidley | |
| Yousef Al Refaie (Kuwait) (24) | 24. | This climber has a website here. He is recorded in Guinness World Records as the youngest completer of the V7S (male). | 22nd December 2021 | Mount Sidley |
| Jarryd Commerford (USA/UK/Ireland) (35) | 25. | 9th January 2022 | Ojos del Salado | |
| Robbi Malandreniotis (UK) (44) | 9th January 2022 | Ojos del Salado | ||
| Delia Zanoschi (Romania) (33) | 27 | Completed the Bass version of the Seven Summits and the V7S with her twin sister. They have a website here | 29th May 2022 | Damavand |
| Iulia Zanoschi (Romania) (33) | Completed the Bass version of the Seven Summits and the V7S with her twin sister. They have a website here | 29th May 2022 | Damavand | |
| Fahd Abu Aisha (Egypt, of Palestinian heritage) (32) | 29 | A real estate practitioner currently based in London but with interests in the Middle East. | 13th September 2022 | Mount Giluwe |
| James Allen (Australia/NZ/UK) (49) | 30 | A Seven Summiter and adventurer with a website (largely behind a paywall) here | 21st September 2022 | Mount Giluwe |
| Adrian Ahritculesei (Romania) (38) | 31 | Adrian Ahritculesei has an Instagram account here. | 17th January 2023 | Mount Sidley |
| Marie-Pier Desharnais (Canada) (37) | Marie-Pier Desharnais has climbed both Everest and K2. She has a website here. | 17th January 2023 | Mount Sidley | |
| Robert Gropel (Australia) (40) | Robert Gropel has a website here. Another Seven Summiter, he promotes a vegan lifestyle. He suggests that he is the first vegan to complete the Seven Summits, though this is contradicted in the Wikipedia page for Atanas Skatov | 17th January 2023 | Mount Sidley | |
| Thierry Dewambrechies (France) (44) | 34 | Based in Zürich. A Network Development and Training Director in the automotive industry. | 18th January 2023 | Mount Sidley |
| Nilavishek Mukherjee (India) (33) | Based in Cologne. A Business Application Manager & Project Manager at Toyota Kreditbank GmbH. | 18th January 2023 | Mount Sidley | |
| Vambola Sipelgas (Estonia) (69) | 18th January 2023 | Mount Sidley | ||
| Jaime Viñals (Guatemala) (61) | Jaime Viñals has a website here. He has completed the Seven Summits (both versions), the V7S and the high points of each of the seven largest islands in the world. | 18th January 2023 | Mount Sidley | |
| Stephan Jesinghaus (Germany) (41) | 38 | Stephan Jesinghaus has an Instagram account here. | 1st February 2023 | Ojos del Salado |
| Caroline Leon (Australia) (38) | 39 | Caroline Leon has an Instagram account here | 28th June 2023 | Elbrus |
| Evgenii Federov (Russia) (51) | 40 | I have no information on this climber | 4th January 2024 | Mount Sidley |
| Ludmila Korobeshko (Russia) (49) | Ludmila Korobeshko is a guide with 7 Summits Club and has an Instagram account here. | 4th January 2024 | Mount Sidley | |
| Oleg Pipkov (Russia) (54) | I have no information on this climber | 4th January 2024 | Mount Sidley | |
| Nikolay Tomchak (Russia) (45) | Nikolay Tomchak has an Instagram account here. | 4th January 2024 | Mount Sidley | |
| Marius Purice (Romania) (45) | 44 | Details of some of Marius Purice’s climbs are here. | 17th January 2024 | Mount Sidley |
| Sergey Vasiliev (Russia) (50) | 45 | I have no information on this climber | 26th January 2024 | Ojos del Salado |
| Andrey Kravchenko (Russia) (51) | 46 | Andrey Kravchenko has an Instagram account here. | 15th May 2024 | Mount Giluwe |
Russians continue to dominate the list with 14 of the 46. And I am aware of a number of others who just have Sidley to do.
The total numbers continue to escalate (whether Russian or otherwise). The average age of the claimants is around 45 years – at a guess this is probably greater than the average age of seven summiters (but I could be wrong!). 30 of the 46 were 40 years old or older at the time of their completion, though of course this does not tell you when they started.
As ever, if anyone has any information on people who are attempting the Volcanic Seven Summits (or who have climbed at least 10 of the 50 most prominent mountains in the world), I would be happy to hear from them via the contact form on this site.
For more on the Volcanic Seven Summits, see this page.
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