Category: Mountains
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Climbing to Jebel Umm ad Dami’s Summit (1,854m) – Jacket Potato in a Microwave
Summit – 1,854m.a.s.l. (6,083ft) Climbing Season – All year Time of year climbed – September Duration – 2 Hours Difficulty – Jebel Umm ad Dami, Jordan’s highest peak, might not be the first thing that springs to people’s mind when planning a trip to the country of Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea, the Red… Read more
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Climbing to Huayna Potosi’s Summit (6,088m) – Punishing Ice Walls
Summit – 6,088m.a.s.l. (19,973ft) Climbing Season – May-November Time of year climbed – May Duration – 2 Days Difficulty – Having never been over 6,000m, climbing Huayna Potosi was number 1 on my list of things to do whilst I travelled around Bolivia. It seemed an unmissable opportunity to go one better than the 5,895m… Read more
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Climbing to Mount Teide’s Summit (3,715m) – Down Jacket? For Tenerife?
Summit – 3,715m.a.s.l. (12,188ft) Climbing Season – March-September Time of year climbed – May Duration – 6-7 hours Difficulty – When it came to packing for the trip to Tenerife, taking hiking boots and a down jacket just didn’t quite feel right, espicially when packing them came at the cost of taking my sliders, due… Read more
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Through The Lens: Climbing Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route
Mount Kilimanjaro. The iconic “Roof of Africa”. It’s a mountain so well-known and popular that it’s an item on most people’s bucket lists, seemingly whether they’re into hiking and going up mountains or not. That’s the draw Kilimanjaro has. And it drew me in for sure. During 2019, I began to budget and plan for… Read more
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Climbing to Mount Kilimanjaro’s Summit (5,895m) via the Machame Route – Jambo Bwana
Summit – 5,895m.a.s.l. (19,340ft) Climbing Season – December-March and June-October Time of year climbed – October Duration – 7 Days Difficulty – Mount Kilimanjaro. The iconic “Roof of Africa”. It’s a mountain so well-known and popular that it’s an item on most people’s bucket lists, seemingly whether they’re into hiking and going up mountains or… Read more
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Through The Lens: The Everest Base Camp Trek
The Everest Base Camp Trek is one of the best things I’ve ever done in life. It was an incredible experience. The trek challenges you both physically and mentally, but rewards you richly with some of the most incredible landscapes you can lay eyes on, as well as an immense sense of achievement when you… Read more
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Climbing to Hvannadalshnúkur’s Summit (2,110m) – A Viking Test, Kind Of
Summit – 2,110m.a.s.l. (6,921ft) Climbing Season – May-September Time of year climbed – June Duration – 1 Day Difficulty – Hvannadalshnúkur. The highest peak in Iceland. Sitting on the crater rim of the volcano Oræfajökull in the country’s South East, at 2,110m, it’s a beauty. Climbing it is physically and mentally demanding, but so rewarding… Read more
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Climbing to Pico de Orizaba’s Summit (5,636m) – Absolutely Relentless
Summit – 5,636m.a.s.l. (18,620ft) Climbing Season – October-March Time of year climbed – March Duration – 2 Days Difficulty – Pico de Orizaba, Mexico’s highest summit, is an imposing figure, standing tall in the Trans-Mexican Volcano belt and visible from both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea on a clear day. As the sunrises… Read more
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Climbing to Mount Fuji’s Summit (3,776m) – Through Wind and Rain
Cimbing to the top of Mount Fuji, Japan’s iconic mountain, with 8 top tips and a gear list Read more