Kilimanjaro
19,340 ft
Sept 26, 1999
Elbrus
18,510 ft
Jun 9, 2001
Aconcagua
22,841 ft
Feb 15, 2002
Denali
20,320 ft
Jun 21, 2003
Kosciuszko
7,310 ft
May 5, 2007
Carstensz
16,023 ft
Dec 12, 2008
Vinson
16,067 ft
Dec 9, 2017
Everest
29,035 ft
May 22, 2019
Kilimanjaro
19,340 ft
Sept 26, 1999
Elbrus
18,510 ft
Jun 9, 2001
Aconcagua
22,841 ft
Feb 15, 2002
Denali
20,320 ft
Jun 21, 2003
Kosciuszko
7,310 ft
May 5, 2007
Carstensz
16,023 ft
Dec 12, 2008
Vinson
16,067 ft
Dec 9, 2017
Everest
29,035 ft
May 22, 2019
Kilimanjaro
19,340 ft
Sept 26, 1999
Elbrus
18,510 ft
Jun 9, 2001
Aconcagua
22,841 ft
Feb 15, 2002
Denali
20,320 ft
Jun 21, 2003
Kosciuszko
7,310 ft
May 5, 2007
Carstensz
16,023 ft
Dec 12, 2008
Vinson
16,067 ft
Dec 9, 2017
Everest
29,035 ft
May 22, 2019
Days not Homeless: 4 Years, 256 Days ...and loving every second of this alpine adventure!
Kilimanjaro
19,340 ft
Sept 26, 1999
Elbrus
18,510 ft
Jun 9, 2001
Aconcagua
22,841 ft
Feb 15, 2002
Denali
20,320 ft
Jun 21, 2003
Kosciuszko
7,310 ft
May 5, 2007
Carstensz
16,023 ft
Dec 12, 2008
Vinson
16,067 ft
Dec 9, 2017
Penultimate US Highpoints
After what felt like an eternity it was a random email from a good friend in the US that prompted a plan of attack for the remaining 8 state highpoints. Unfortunately they were spread far and wide and included four that required some level of technique and multiple...
Route des Grandes Alpes
Approaching Greenland ice shelf from the air was humbling, the size of the glaciers tumbling into the sea, the iceberg’s with their turquoise underwater colours, the sheer expanse… and we were barely north of Greenland's narrowest point - there was a hell of a lot...
Norway Viewpoints
With the forecast calling for rain to fall for multiple days on Chamonix yet again it was time to search out another European city. Having recently got back from Nimes in the south of France it was the turn of Italy. We toyed with a return to Venice, then thought that...
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- Traverse Isle of Skye’s Cuillin Ridge
- Paraglide in Colombia
- Take a glider over Acadia NP
- Learn Spanish
- Cage Dive with Great White Sharks
- See Aurora Borealis
- Complete an Ironman
- Hike the Inca trail to Macchu Picchu
- Cruise Antarctica
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Hang glide over Rio
- Hogmanay in Edinburgh
- Summit Mt Everest
- Safari in Kruger NP
- See a volcanic eruption with lava
- Visit the Rio Sambadromo at Carnaval
- Photo a Grizzly fishing for Salmon
- Hike the John Muir trail in CA
- Add my name to the 7-summit list
- Swim in the Arctic Ocean
- Cycle the Great Divide by Fatbike
- Raft the Grand Canyon
- Drink beer at Octoberfest in Munich
- Trek the Annapurna Circuit
- See elephants at the David Sheldrick Institute
- Compete in Cape Epic, SA
Exactly 133 days after arriving on the African continent we were sadly saying our farewells. Cape Town had been our arrival city and was now our departure point back to Europe and the US. We both agreed that we could have spent another few weeks here! Other than the first month which I spent alone training for the Cape Epic mountain bike race the two of us took in lakes, mountains, beaches, markets, and countless national parks, met people who spoke Swahili, Kinyarwanda and Chichewa to name but a few, and had many moments that emotionally drained us. This was an epic trip covering nine countries in the southern and central regions of an amazingly diverse continent, a continent where at first we were wary of its people and past troubles, steadily realizing that we were far safer and more welcome here than many other places we had visited over the past six years. We were in Uganda and Swaziland for only a few days, Malawi and Namibia for a few weeks, the rest somewhere in between.
The only part of our itinerary that was planned were the South Luangwa safaris in Zambia and the mountain gorillas of Uganda – we prefer not to schedule anything in advance but being on a budget and our desire to experience some very popular attractions meant we needed to sometimes have a plan. The rest we simply
My desire to be one of the very few that claim to have stood on the highest summits of each of the seven continents began after successfully standing atop Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, and a few years later Elbrus, the highest in Europe. From then on, with the camaraderie of my two climbing buddies from the US, Jeff Strite and Jose Rionda, I made it up, over the top and down the other side of Aconcagua, the highest in South America, and Denali, in North America (also a tough traverse). A quick ascent of Kosciuszko in the white mountains of Australia, followed by an amazing adventure in Indonesian Papua, or Irian Jaya, to climb Carstensz Pyramid, and that made up the fifth peak of Oceania/ Australasia. It depends on who you listen to as to which summit is the more legitimate, with one being a region including Australia and proximate islands, and the other being on the Australian mainland. Next up in 2005 came a dream shot at Everest with our Aconcagua guide Mike Hamill and International Mountain Guides, and although I only made it above the Balcony as far as 8,500m (28,000ft), it was still a life changing experience. In 2019, allowing plenty of time to get fit after having hip resurfacing, I will be heading back to Nepal to finish the 350 meter shortfall and stand on top of the world! Fortunately in December of 2017 the opportunity to climb number six, Mount Vinson in Antarctica arose and instantly made me want to return.
September 26th, 1999
June 9th, 2001
February 15th, 2002
June 21st, 2003
May 5th, 2007
December 12th, 2008
December 9th, 2017
2019?
