Editing Mount Tyree (section)

==History==
Mt. Tyree was discovered in January 1958 during reconnaissance flights by the [[United States Navy]] [[VX-6]] squadron, and mapped later that month by the [[Marie Byrd Land]] Traverse Party. The mountain was named for Rear Admiral David M. Tyree, who was commander of the U.S. Naval Support Force in Antarctica, from April 14, 1959 to November 26, 1962.<ref name=gnis />

As of 2017, the summit had only been reached on six occasions, by a total of fifteen people, via three different routes: in January 1967 by John Evans and Barry Corbet (of [[Corbet's Couloir]]); in January 1989 by [[Mugs Stump|Terry ‘Mugs’ Stump]]; in 1997 by French alpinists Antoine de Choudens and Antoine Cayrol; and later in 1997 by Conrad Anker and Alex Lowe. On January 3, 2012 [[Hans Kammerlander]], Robert Miller and [[Christian Stangl]] repeated the French route to make the fifth ascent. Out of fifteen mountaineers who successfully climbed Mt Tyree, three died in unrelated mountaineering accidents within four years of their respective ascents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antarcticmountains.com/Antarctic_Mountains/Updates/Entries/2007/11/12_Tyree.html|title=Tyree - A History|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007082708/http://www.antarcticmountains.com/Antarctic_Mountains/Updates/Entries/2007/11/12_Tyree.html|archivedate=2011-10-07}}</ref> The still-unclimbed south face is {{convert|2000|m|ft|-2}} high and one of the largest walls in Antarctica.

On January 16, 2017, five climbers made the sixth ascent of Mt. Tyree by the Grand Couloir (French route). The Tyree 50/50 expedition included Richard Thurmer, Jr, Victor Saunders, Maria "Pachi" Paz Ibarra, Seth Timpano and Todd Tumolo.  Richard Thurmer is the first amateur climber and second oldest man (age 61) to make the summit.  Victor Saunders is the oldest man to summit Mt. Tyree (age 66).  Maria "Pachi" Paz Ibarra is the first woman to reach the summit. The Tyree 50/50 expedition of January 2017 was the 50th anniversary of the first summit in January 1967 and the team increased the number of climbers on the summit by 50%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://antarctic-logistics.com/2017/02/24/ale-summits-mount-tyree/|title = ALE Summits Mount Tyree|date = 25 February 2017}}</ref>

On January 1, 2022, Jenn Drummond became the first American woman and only the second woman to summit the mountain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kjzz.com/news/utah-mountaineering-mom-sets-sights-on-record-breaking-climbs-tallest-mountains-climber-rock-climbing-park-city|title=Utah mountaineering mom sets sights on record-breaking climbs|first=Kelly|last=Vaughen|work=[[KUTV]]|date=January 21, 2022|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref> Jenn's team members were Sebastian Grau-Kunhardt, Todd Passey, Sam Hennessey and Rob Smith

The climbing season is November to January, when the sun is above the horizon 24 hours a day and the air is warmest—up to {{Convert|-30|°C|°F|-1|abbr=on|lk=on}} near the summit. {{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} Like the nearby [[Mount Vinson]], the mountain may be accessed by means of a 6-hour flight from [[Punta Arenas, Chile]], to [[Union Glacier Camp]] followed by a 200&nbsp;km flight on a [[ski plane]] to the base of the mountain.