I am able to report that there is another completer of the Volcanic Seven Summits on 15th May 2024. This is Russian Andrey Kravchenko. He completed the seven on Mount Giluwe as a part of a Seven Summits Club team. Here he is on the summit. Congratulations to him. The claimants' list is Continue Reading
The Second Volcanic Seven Summits
The Seven Summits are well-known. In 1997, the concept of the Second Seven Summits came into the wider public domain with an article in Rock & Ice by David Keaton. This article, of course, listed the second highest mountains on each continent and also discussed their relative 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