Evgeny Staroselsky has now completed the gruelling Seven Summits
On October 13, Evgeny Staroselsky stood atop the razor-edged limestone summit of Carstensz Pyramid in Papua, completing the last of the famed Seven Summits: Everest, Vinson, Elbrus, Denali, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, and now, Oceania’s 4,884-metre peak.
With it, he became the first Cypriot citizen to finish the challenge, carrying the island’s flag to every one of the world’s highest points.
Cyprus is not a place that produces mountaineers, at least not on paper. Its mountains are steepish but walkable, its winters mild, its rhythm comfortable; not exactly the landscape one associates with ice axes or oxygen tanks.
Needless to say, when 64-year-old Evgeny first moved to Cyprus he wasn’t inheriting a tradition; he was building one from scratch.
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