I have never reviewed a book before. So let's give it a go. This book is called Dare to Reach – L’Aventure d’une Vie. Theodore (Ted) Fairhurst is a Canadian businessman, artist, traveller and mountaineer. Rather like me he had been infected by the mountain bug in his early years. Continue Reading
A Birthday Chat
A week or so ago I was invited by the Indian mountaineer, Satyarup Siddhanta, to take part in a Facebook live chat on his birthday. I would also join Ted Fairhurst in this event. Ted is a Canadian entrepreneur and mountaineer. The interesting fact about these two gents is that they are Continue Reading
Australia’s Five Highest Summits
Australia is not known for its mountains, with one exception perhaps. The exception is Mount Kosciuszko which to some counts as part of the Seven Summits (the highest summit on each of the seven continents). I will not debate here whether or not it or Carstenz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea Continue Reading
Congratulations to Zhang Liang
On my trip to Antarctica last January I met an unassuming Chinese man, Zhang Liang. He was on the same flights in and out of Union Glacier as I was. His objective was Mount Vinson like the majority of mountaineers to Antarctica. Here we are back at Union Glacier after we had each succeeded with Continue Reading
A new attempt on the Volcanic Seven Summits – Part 2
I mentioned in a recent post a current attempt by Ted Fairhurst to climb all of the volcanic seven summits. He is now in Papua New Guinea. On his Facebook page he has reported a successful ascent of Mount Giluwe. At 4368m (14330ft) it is the highest volcano in Australia/Oceania . He has Continue Reading