Mount Superbus is the highest point in SE Queensland, of the Main Range National Park and of the Main Range Shield Volcano, a volcano that last erupted around 22 million years ago. It lies around 99 kilometres south west of Brisbane. Looking at it, you would not realise that it is the Continue Reading
Tenison Woods Mountain, Mount Mumdjin and Bithongabel
This and the next few blogs will be about my recent trip to Australia and experiences with, largely, ascents in rainforest conditions. This first blog covers the first three mountains – Tenison Woods Mountain (770m), Mount Mumdjin (1021m) and Bithongabel (1195m). Tenison Woods Continue Reading
Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat has long been on my ‘to-do’ list. Climbs require a military permit. For many years, due to Kurdish insurgency, obtaining such a permit wasn’t possible. This situation changed in 2021 but Covid and other projects meant that I wasn’t able to focus my attentions on Mount Continue Reading
Mulhacén
Mulhacén is the highest point in the Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain. It is also the highest mountain on the Iberian peninsula. Mulhacén would also be the highest mountain in Spain were it not for Pico de Teide on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands which surpasses it by Continue Reading
Cerro Chirripó – the highest peak in Costa Rica
Background I have a reputation. A reputation within my family. That is, it is not possible for me to take a “normal” holiday without tagging on some mountain activity. So it was in February 2023. Julie and I were to meet our daughter in Costa Rica and go on an organised Continue Reading