Kuwaiti completes 7 volcanic summits challenge with Antarctica’s Mount Sidley

  • Date: 17-Jan-2022
  • Source: Saudi Gazette
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Kuwait
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Kuwaiti completes 7 volcanic summits challenge with Antarctica’s Mount Sidley

KUWAIT — Mountaineer Yousef Al-Refai managed to complete the seven volcanic summits challenge ending with the summiting of the Mount Sidley in Antarctica, making him the 24th individual in the world, the first Middle Eastern Arab, and the youngest person to reach such accomplishment. Speaking to KUNA, Al-Refai said that he summited Sidley on Dec. 22, 2021, after spending six days trying to arrive in Antarctica. Once in the South Pole, it took the team four hours and half to reach the Union Glacier Camp, spending a night before heading to Marie Byrd Land region on the base of the dormant volcanic summit of Sidley, indicated the Kuwaiti adventurer. He added that Sidley, which stood at 4,285 meters high, is not considered by any term as the highest volcanic summit in this challenge, but the main hardship was to withstand the merciless cold as well as carrying 15 kilograms of equipment plus using 25-kilogram skies. Al-Refai pointed out that the base camp was at 2.225 meters above sea level, followed by a second camp at 3,000 meters and that was all prior to the summiting of the over 4,000 meters Sidley summit. The good part of summiting Sidley was that