[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 Continue Reading
Volcanic Seven Summits: Defining the Continents
I was inspired to write this blog by an essay written by the late Adam Helman (here). A comment made in my blog on Australia's highest volcano (here) also gave me a push. Adam Helman's essay discussed the fact that it is quite possible to define the Seven Summits differently from the traditional Continue Reading
Mount Sidley ascents – update 2020
Following this season's ALE trip I am updating the list of those who have climbed Mount Sidley with the Mount Sidley ascents 2020. Another 10 people make the list. Note that all dates are logged by reference to UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) where I know the precise summit time. Continue Reading
Mount Sidley summit
Congratulations to the 2019/2020 Mount Sidley team who made the summit at around 22.30 UTC on 18th January. I do not have much in the way of detail at the moment so I will update this blog as and when I do. But from what I can tell the team had good conditions. So the long wait at base camp was Continue Reading
Mount Sidley 2019/2020 season – Part 5
After 4½ days by the Basler at base camp, the team for the Mount Sidley 2019/2020 season has finally been able to commence its ascent of the mountain. I have been in touch with Andrew Hughes and he tells me that: "At long last the weather gods graced us with minimal winds, mostly blue skies, Continue Reading