Climbers who have summitted multiple 6000m peaks in the Andes.

This page last updated 22nd March 2026.

I have now added a Top Ten Compleaters list below..

This is the list of climbers who have climbed a large number of the 100 major 6000m summits in the Andes (those with over 400m of prominence). See our 6000m peak list for details of these peaks.

If you think you are eligible to be added to this list, or can update your entry, PLEASE get in touch. I would like this list to be as accurate as possible. Email me at these Contact details. I will need a full list of the 6000m peaks where you have reached the summit. To keep the list consistent I use only the 400m prominence 6000m peak list as published on this website. See the note at the foot of this page for some "contorversial" exclusions.

The List

Climbers with more than (or nearly) 20 major 6000m + ascents.

Arranged by TOTAL 6000m ascents p.200m+

The ANDES 6000m peak list does not include the following peaks Contrahierbas,Tocllaraju, Caraz, Artesonraju, Capurata, Muertito (for all of these there is some strong evidence they are not 6000m!). According to our lists there are 100 Andean 6000m peaks with 400m+ of prominence. With an additional 35 Andean 6000m peaks with 200m+ prominence, giving a combined total of 135 peaks.

Sources:-

* Reported in person to me * Peakbagger.com 2026

* Alta Montanha website 2023 & correspondence with Pedro Hauck 2024
all others – best info from Facebook, personal websites, etc.

NAME	NATION	MAJOR 6000m SUMMITS (p.400+)	MINOR 6000m SUMMITS (p.200m+)	TOTAL 6000m ASCENTS	TOTAL SUMMITS WITH REPEAT ASCENTS	NOTES
Maximo Kausch	ARG/BRA	73	4	77	??	Data several years old
Pedro Hauck *	BRA	66		66	102	March 2026 info. See also his Alta Montanha website.
Matias Marin *	ARG	65	11	76	??	March 2026 data
John Biggar *	SCO	59	9	68	140
Michel Siegenthaler *	SUI	51	4	55		60x6000m in his 60th year.... but 5 do not feature on the lists I maintain.
Agustina Mazzeo *	ARG	43	2	45		Updated January 2026
Maria Tereza Ulbrich *	BRA	39	1	40	50+	Very likely to be the leading lady in 6000m ascents.
Wilfried Studer	AUT	38	2	40		Data from www.w-studer.at
Daniel Perler				39
Rodney Gonzalez *	CHI			37		Reported to have climbed all the 6000m peaks in Chile
Guillermo Almaraz *	ARG	33	2	35		Updated March 2026
Luiz Valerio Pedrosa Cavalieri *	BRA	33		33
Sebastian Hernan Garcia *	ARG	32	1	33	118	August 2025
Luciana Moro *	BRA	31		31	41
Alexander von Gotz	GER			30
Waldemar Niclevicz *	BRA	29	1	30
Christian Stangl *	AUT	29		29
Thomas Rankin *	SCO	27	4	31		One of John Biggars regular clients
Ricardo Rui *	BRA	27		27
Dario Bracali (QEPD)	ARG	26	2	28		Sadly died on Dhaulagiri
Nate Heald *	USA/PER	25+	2	27+	numerous	Many of these dangerous and hard Peruvian 6000'ers. Info a bit out of date.
Mario Sepulveda *	CHI	25	2	27		January 2021
Santiago Quintero	ECU			27		info from Pedro Hauck
Neil & Harriet Pike *	ENG	23		23		Mostly reached by bicycle!
Marcelo Delvaux * (DEP)	BRA	22	4	26	54	12 times up Aconcagua! Marcelo sadly died on Coropuna, June 2024.
Johan Reinhard *	USA			25		2021 figure
Arkaitz Ibarra *	ARG	22	3	25
Tim Bogdanov *	SWE	22	2	24		2020 info direct + addititonal peaks in 2022 estimated
Sylvia Studer	AUT	22		22		Data from www.w-studer.at
Marion Braun *		21	1	22
Barry Woods *	ENG	20	2	22		One of John Biggars regular clients
Calvin Moes *	CAN	18	7	25
Bruno Baschung *	FRA	18		18	19
Kristaps & Kristine Liepins *	LAT	17		17		+ Artesonraju and Tocllaraju
Michael Kelsey	USA	15+		15+		An honorary mention for Michael Kelsey, who may have not got as many as 20 Andean 6000m peaks, but those he did were done in the early 70's when travel and transport in the Andes (not to say information) were much harder to arrange.

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Pictured below is when John Biggar met up with Michael Kelsey at his home in Utah, April 2024. Michael gets an honorary mention on this page as his groundbreakign guidebook to the Worlds Mountains was a great inspiration to me to start climbing in advenurous places all around the world. He may have not got to the summits of as many as 20 Andean 6000m peaks, but those he did were climbed in the early 70's when travel and transport in the Andes (not to say information about the climbs) were much harder to arrange.
John Biggar and Michael Kelsey meeting up in Utah, April 2024.

Top Ten Compleaters

So far I only know of two climbers known to have completed the top ten Andean peaks as defined by having 400m prominence (this top ten also also works for 300m & 600m prominence). The 200m prominence list includes Pissis UPAME and loses Huascaran Norte. See here for fotos of the top twenty in the Andes

NAME	NATION	FIRST SUMMIT	DATE COMPLEATED
John Biggar *	SCO	Huascaran Sur, August 1993	25th January 2004 (on Mercedario)
Dario Bracali (QEPD) *	ARG	Aconcagua, January 1996	July 2004 (on Huascaran Norte)

Tim Bogdanov (missing Mercedario) * has done 9 of the Top Ten. Guillermo Almaraz * and Max Kausch * are both missing both Huascaran peaks. Doug Mantle is missing Huascaran Norte and Incahuasi,

Top Ten Volcanoes Compleaters

Climbers known to have completed the worlds top ten volcanoes, whether active or not (they are all in the Andes!!). This list is the same as the Andean Top Ten, but with Aconcagua, Mercedario and the two Huascaran peaks replaced by Tres Cruces Central, Incahuasi, Tupungato and Sajama. See here for the list and fotos....

NAME	NATION	FIRST SUMMIT	DATE COMPLEATED
Michel Siegenthaler *	SUI	2004	May or June 2005
John Biggar *	SCO	Sajama, 4th August 1992	1st February 2007 (on Incahuasi)
Maximo Kausch *	ARG/BRA	Not Known	December 2017 (maybe earlier)
Pedro Hauck *	BRA	Not Known	Not Known
Matias Marin *	ARG	Not Known	Not Known

NOTE:- Guillermo Almaraz (Sajama) *, Doug Mantle (Incahuasi) * and Tim Bogdanov (Mercedario) * have all done 9 of the Top Ten.... as did Dario Bracali, only missing out on Tres Cruces Central.

* Reported in person to me

NOTES ON PEAK HEIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS

This list of climbers only includes ascents of 6000m summits in the Andes as defined on or website (those with over 400m or 200m of prominence). See our 6000m peak list for details of these peaks. This list is not fully accurate.... see the note below and more information on our 6000m peak list page.

Note that there are a number of outstanding issues with peak heights in the Andes, particularly concerning the eligibility of the following peaks for the different lists due to height, prominence or even both:-
Artesonraju, Tocllaraju, Pucajirca, Caraz and Contrahierbas in the Cordillera Blanca - these peaks may or may not be 6000m, they all have enough prominence. Currently only Pucajirca is listed as over 6000m by me, but this is subject to change if we get new evidence or even a new accurate survey!!
El Muertito in the Puna may or may not have enough prominence and also may or may not be above 6000m, it is currently listed as under 6000m. Cienaga in the Nevados de Cachi is definitely over 6000m high. It is currently listed by me as a subsidiary peak with only 380m prominence, but it may turn out to have over 400m prominence.

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