Tag: alpine

• Post Successful Mount Kosciuszko Summit

  

  Four summits in one year and one month, pretty damn lucky I know. Mount Elbrus Russia, Europe’s highest peak in June 2019, Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania, Africa’s highest peak in July 2019, Aconcagua Argentina, South America’s highest peak in February 2020 and now Mount Kosciuszko Australia, Australia’s highest peak in July 2020. Getting to the top…

  Tom Dade

  13 Sep 2020

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• Seven Summit Project (4/7): An Epic 3 Week Journey Which Culminated with a Winter Ascent of Mount Kosciuszko

  

  Blog Update #13 We’re back! Due to a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia, the Victorian (VIC) and New South Wales (NSW) border has been closed. Luckily I was able to get over to NSW before the border closure happened. If I hadn’t I wouldn’t of been able to have this epic 3 week…

  Tom Dade

  27 Jul 2020

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• Pre Mount Kosciuszko Expedition

  

  First thing I want to say is I wouldn’t really call a summit attempt of Mount Kosciuszko an expedition, but with the being said I wanted to keep my seven summits project titles consistent, so for this purpose where calling it an expedition. Its been about 4 and a half months since my successful summit…

  Tom Dade

  28 Jun 2020

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• Post Successful Mount Feathertop Summit

  For my Pre Mount Feathertop Blog CLICK HERE “The perfect playground for aspiring Australian want to be mountaineers”. I’m well aware of my inexperience within the mountains or the outdoors in general for that matter, I can’t even set up my own tent! Someone like myself is a liability to experienced mountaineers, hikers or trekkers…

  Tom Dade

  27 Aug 2019

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• The Eight Seven Summits

  The eight seven summits, a group of eight mountains that span across the globe, challenging thousands of individuals each year. Each mountain marking the highest point on each of the worlds continents. From Mount Kilimanjaro and its 5 different vegetation zones in Africa, Mount Kosciuszko a relatively easy day hike in Australia, Denali pulling heavy…

  Tom Dade

  19 Aug 2019

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• The Seven Summit Dream

  It’s fair to say the idea of climbing the seven summits has become quite a popular goal. Thousands of people from around the globe dream of summiting all 7 (really 8) peaks. Climbing to the top of each of the highest peaks in each of the worlds continents. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. The highest Mountain in…

  Tom Dade

  17 Aug 2019

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• The 8000ers, Are They A Bigger Money Problem or Climbing Problem?

  As someone fairly new to the world of mountaineering the thought of flying over to the Himalayas to climb an 8000m peak is more like a fantasy rather than a reality. The skill and experience required to attempt to summit any of these mountains “safely” takes years of on-field practice. But this isn’t the only…

  Tom Dade

  15 Aug 2019

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• My Training Regime (As of August the 10th 2019)

  I’m sure many fellow Australians can relate when I say training for mountaineering/alpinism in Australia isn’t easy. Why not you ask? Because theres no mountains to climb, it’s flat as a pancake! The best we have are the Aussie 10 peaks in Mount Kosciusko National Park, with it culminating on Mount Kosciusko itself standing at…

  Tom Dade

  9 Aug 2019

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