Tag: climbing
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Post Successful Mount Kosciuszko Summit
Four summits in one year and one month, pretty damn lucky I know. Mount Elbrus Russia, Europe’s highest peak in June 2019, Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania, Africa’s highest peak in July 2019, Aconcagua Argentina, South America’s highest peak in February 2020 and now Mount Kosciuszko Australia, Australia’s highest peak in July 2020. Getting to the top…
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Seven Summit Project (4/7): An Epic 3 Week Journey Which Culminated with a Winter Ascent of Mount Kosciuszko
Blog Update #13 We’re back! Due to a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia, the Victorian (VIC) and New South Wales (NSW) border has been closed. Luckily I was able to get over to NSW before the border closure happened. If I hadn’t I wouldn’t of been able to have this epic 3 week…
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Pre Mount Kosciuszko Expedition
First thing I want to say is I wouldn’t really call a summit attempt of Mount Kosciuszko an expedition, but with the being said I wanted to keep my seven summits project titles consistent, so for this purpose where calling it an expedition. Its been about 4 and a half months since my successful summit…
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Mount Elbrus
A QUICK OVERVIEW Mount Elbrus or “Mingi-Tau” the name given to the mountain by the local Balkar people (the Turkic people of the Caucasus region) which translates to “resembling a thousand mountains” is the highest mountain in Europe. One of the seven summits the mountain is actually a dormant volcano located in Russia and is…
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Post Successful Aconcagua Summit
3 summits in 3 continents in less than a year, if you told me that a year ago I would’ve laughed at your face. Africa, Europe and now South America, how many 21 year olds can say they’ve had the opportunity to stand on top of the highest mountain in 3 continents within one year!…
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Ascent Review
Written By: Sir Chris Bonington Sir Chris Bonington’s “Ascent” is an in depth memoir recalled and written from Sir Bonington himself. His whole life is laid out in front of us from his somewhat troubled childhood, his difficulty finding a career, his most notorious climbs, his charity work, his successes, failures and tragedies. Sir Bonington…
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The Eight Seven Summits
The eight seven summits, a group of eight mountains that span across the globe, challenging thousands of individuals each year. Each mountain marking the highest point on each of the worlds continents. From Mount Kilimanjaro and its 5 different vegetation zones in Africa, Mount Kosciuszko a relatively easy day hike in Australia, Denali pulling heavy…
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The 8000ers, Are They A Bigger Money Problem or Climbing Problem?
As someone fairly new to the world of mountaineering the thought of flying over to the Himalayas to climb an 8000m peak is more like a fantasy rather than a reality. The skill and experience required to attempt to summit any of these mountains “safely” takes years of on-field practice. But this isn’t the only…
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My Training Regime (As of August the 10th 2019)
I’m sure many fellow Australians can relate when I say training for mountaineering/alpinism in Australia isn’t easy. Why not you ask? Because theres no mountains to climb, it’s flat as a pancake! The best we have are the Aussie 10 peaks in Mount Kosciusko National Park, with it culminating on Mount Kosciusko itself standing at…
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