This is part 1 of my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro Groves of banana trees flashed by as I watched out of the window of the bus. As we drove through a tiny village, some kids waved at me from the side of the road with big smiles on their faces. Slowly, the [...]
The blog has been a little quiet lately, but that's because I've been in Tanzania for the past couple of weeks. I'm happy to say that I made it all the way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was the hardest trek I have ever attempted, based solely on the summit day itself. I [...]
The leaves rustled in the trees above me as the breeze cooled the sweat on my skin. My shoulders began to ache from the full pack I was carrying as the ground under my feet began to steadily rise. It was time to take a break, and I dropped my pack down on the leafy ground and [...]
A couple of days ago I went hiking in Mount Barney National Park in South East Queensland, Australia. This rugged and remote area is a great place to get away from it all in the Aussie bush, and I decided to climb to the summit of the East Peak of the mountain by hiking in [...]
Girraween National Park is located just south of Stanthorpe in South East Queensland, Australia, about three hours drive from Brisbane. The park is characterized by it's huge granite outcrops, boulders and spring time wild flowers, and it makes a great day trip from Brisbane or the Gold Coast. There are also two camp sites located within the park [...]
After my exciting Helihike on Fox Glacier the day before, I continued my journey north along the rugged West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Not far north of Fox Glacier, another makes it's way down the west side of the Southern Alps, Franz Joseph Glacier, which I had heard was just as [...]
