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 Sidley – January 2024 (part 2)
At 19:00 GMT -4 on 17th January 2024 the second ALE team of the season summited Mount Sidley. This was less than two weeks after the first team. This is my second blog on Mount Sidley - January 2024 The second team was much smaller with just one guide and four climbers. One of the Continue Reading
Mount Sidley – January 2024 (part 1)
On 4 January 2024 the first of this year’s two ALE Mount Sidley teams summited. It looks as though they had perfect weather from start to finish. There were 11 members of the party, including ALE guides Larry Holmgren and Pedro Binfa (Chile). Unfortunately one team member had to turn 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
Volcanic Seven Summits Completion – update June 2023
There is a further Volcanic Seven Summits completion; Caroline Leon climbed Elbrus on 28th June 2023 to become the seventh woman to achieve this and number 39 on my list*. Caroline is from Sydney, Australia but lives in Dubai. There she works for DHL as a brand ambassador. She has Continue Reading