This is the second of my blogs about my trips to the north of Scotland this year. The previous one was about Cul Mor. This one is about Ben More Coigach (Gaelic – Beinn Mhor na Coigich). In Gaelic, Beinn (or Ben) Mhor (or Mor/More) just means ‘big hill’ or ‘mountain‘. Coigach is a sparsely Continue Reading
Cul Mor
The north west of Scotland is quite unlike anywhere else in the UK. The mountains stand as monolithic sentinels above a scarred land dotted with blue lochs against the backdrop of a seaboard that looks as though it has been ripped by some giant hand. Those sentinels include Foinaven, Continue Reading
Mount Canobolas, New South Wales
Mount Canobolas was the final significant peak that we summited on our recent trip to Australia. But it was also the easiest. Mount Canobolas is yet another eroded shield volcano. It is relatively young at 11 to 13 million years old and around half the age of the volcanoes that we Continue Reading
Mount Exmouth, New South Wales
Mount Exmouth is located in the Warrumbungle National Park which is around a 6 hour drive north west of Sydney. The nearest town is Coonabarabran to the east. The area is also part of a dark sky park with Siding Spring Observatory located just outside the eastern boundary to the National Continue Reading
Mount Maroon, Australia
This blog continues my record of climbs up some of the volcanic peaks on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. This one relates to Mount Maroon, a part of the Focal Point volcano in the south of Queensland. This peak lies about 120kms (or a 1 hour 45 minutes drive) south south west of Continue Reading