A review of travel insurance that covers high altitude and the use of mountaineering gear. An un-biased review of over 45 providers covering the Australian market.
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Trekking and Mountaineering Insurance 2025
Tips to help you find travel insurance for high altitude and where needed, the use of mountaineering gear.
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 […]
Australia’s Ten Highest Peaks
Background Before we had signed up to the AHF Ten Peak Challenge – to trek to Australia’s ten highest peaks – we didn’t even know if it was going ahead. With COVID restrictions and the never ending threat of more cases, we were hoping that everything was going to be all good. As it turns […]
Australia: Alpine Skills Course
Introduction What do you get when you sign up with an accomplished mountaineer? And the first Australian and Commonwealth citizen to have climbed all 14 x 8000ers – without oxygen? Well, with Andrew Lock, you get the full gambit. There is nothing that this guy doesn’t know. We would trust him with our lives if […]