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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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• Mount Elbrus

  A QUICK OVERVIEW Mount Elbrus or “Mingi-Tau” the name given to the mountain by the local Balkar people (the Turkic people of the Caucasus region) which translates to “resembling a thousand mountains” is the highest mountain in Europe. One of the seven summits the mountain is actually a dormant volcano located in Russia and is…

  Tom Dade

  6 Apr 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 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 Fourteen, Eight-Thousand Metre Peaks

  The 14 8000’ers, a group of 14 giant mountains with their summits above 8000m, all located in the Himalayan & Karakoram mountain ranges within Asia, all requiring climbers to enter the death zone. Summiting all 14 8000m peaks is considered one of, if not the biggest achievements and challenges for any high altitude mountaineer. For…

  Tom Dade

  13 Aug 2019

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