We saved the best for last – Annapurna Base Camp! Introduction We only had Annapurna Base Camp left to complete after trekking 13 of the 14 x 8,000m base camps for our Project Base8000. The lucky last – and did we nail it! Not only that, the weather window we had was perfect. We couldn’t […]
Multi-Day Hikes
Pakistan 5 x 8000m Base Camps – The Big Five
Raw and rugged. Pakistan is a safe and welcoming country. Our goal: trek to the 5 x 8000m mountain base camps in Pakistan. Introduction It’s hard to sum up Pakistan. On the one hand, it feels like a crater on the moon – raw and rugged with a beautiful landscape. On the other, it holds […]
Nepal: Manaslu Base Camp Trek
Rain, rain, rain – well, it is monsoon season after all! The Manaslu Base Camp Trek was an adventure in many ways. Introduction ‘This was the hardest trek we’ve done!’ Well, I do have a habit of saying this after every base camp we have completed as part of our Project Base8000. All thirteen so […]
Nepal: Dhaulagiri Base Camp – Challenge Yourself
Dhaulagiri Base Camp / Dhaulagiri Circuit We thought that Kanchenjunga and Makalu were tough treks. But the toughest was yet to come!! The Dhaulagiri Base Camp Trek (or the Dhaulagiri Circuit as it’s also known) is a good way to challenge yourself. After 2 1/2 years of lockdowns and border closures, we were free once […]
Australia: Jagungal Wilderness, Kosciuszko National Park
Introduction If you haven’t been hiking in the Jagungal Wilderness, located in the northern part of Kosciuszko National Park, then do it! Commencing at the Round Mountain trailhead, six hardy souls trudged out for the start of a big adventure. The plan – hike the Great Alpine Trail some 100kms back to Thredbo, camping and […]