Tag: summit
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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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Success on Aconcagua
Blog Update #8 February the 25th, 2020 I Can’t believe it, 10 days ago on the 15th of February at approx. 2:30pm I along with 4 other group members and 2 guides stood on top of South America’s highest mountain, Aconcagua. It was hard work getting there both physically and financially, I really had to…
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Pre Aconcagua Expedition
How the hell did January 2020 get here this fast! 5 months have past since I was standing at the highest summit in Africa, 7 months have past since I was at the highest summit in Europe. It only seems like yesterday even though so much has happened since. Since then I’ve run 6 ultramarathons,…
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Post Successful Mount Kilimanjaro Summit
Summit number 2, Mount Kilimanjaro. I walked into this one with mixed feelings, obviously I was excited to get a crack to get to the top of Africa’s highest peak also the worlds highest free-standing mountain. But on the other hand, time and money was a concern. I need to build a strong base of…
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Success On Mount Kilimanjaro
This is just a quick post as it’s been too long since my last one. I’m happy to announce on the 27th of July 2019 @ approx 4:30am I was the first of the day to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, my second seventh summit. I along with my fellow group members where part of a G-Adventures…
Thomas "The Tank" Dade 