[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
Alan Arnette interview with Dave Roskelley on the Volcanic Seven Summits
Dave Roskelley is a Utahn, originally from Chicago. He completed the Volcanic Seven Summits in January 2020 on Mount Sidley in Antarctica. Whilst on his trip, he and another team member were kind enough to send me photos from Mount Sidley itself. We also had a brief chat when he was at the Sidley 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
Will you Dare to Reach?
I have never reviewed a book before. So let's give it a go. This book is called Dare to Reach – L’Aventure d’une Vie. Theodore (Ted) Fairhurst is a Canadian businessman, artist, traveller and mountaineer. Rather like me he had been infected by the mountain bug in his early years. Continue Reading
So just how much does it cost to climb the Volcanic Seven Summits?
I have been asked the question "just how much does it cost to climb the Volcanic Seven Summits?" Let me start at the beginning. Getting into the great outdoors does not need to be an expensive activity. Just put on your shoes and walk out of your front door. There are many Continue Reading