Tag Archives: ultras

My first speed Drakensberg Grand Traverse

Continuing my series of posting old hike reports that hadn’t appeared on this page – here’s a report from exactly 3 years ago. I actually named this hike report “a walk in the park” – the joke being that technically it is in a national park and therefore technically is a walk in the park. […]

Some tips for climbing Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro is one of the most popular big mountains around, and is one of the most summited 5000m peaks on Earth. It requires little in the way of mountaineering experience, but is one of those mountains that everyone has heard of. Even Toto, in their song “Africa”, said “sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above […]