Kartala (7,746ft) – Comoros Highpoint Sep 5-6, 2019 “Cette terre est la plus haute aux Comores,” I said, pointing to the peak on the far side of the gigantic 1-km wide volcanic caldera that spread before us. I was desperately trying to tell my guide, Nabhane, that I wanted to… Continue reading
Mt Kinabalu (13,435ft) Highpoint of Malaysia Eric and Serge Sept 4-5, 2019 Mount Kinabalu is considered by some sources to be the tallest mountain in southeast Asia. It is a huge granite peak sticking up above treeline out of the Malaysian jungle on the island of Borneo. It is the… Continue reading
Mt Ramelau (9,721ft) Highpoint of Timor Leste/East Timor Eric and Serge Aug 31, 2019 I was in southeast Asia bagging country highpoints, and next on the list was Timor Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Timor Leste is one of the newest countries in the world, gaining independence from Indonesia… Continue reading
Fansipan – 10,308 ft Matthew and Amanda October 12, 2016 Eric and Katie Aug 23, 2019 Eric and Katie Trip Report Katie and I left Hanoi on Friday morning at 7am on the Sapa Express bus. We had considered the other main method of getting to Sapa, an overnight sleeper… Continue reading
Phnom Aural (5,948ft) Highest Mountain in Cambodia Eric and Katie Aug 17-18, 2019 We were travelling around southeast Asia and had given ourselves a week in Cambodia. This would allow plenty of time to hit the highpoint plus see some other sights. We started in Siem Reap, spending a day… Continue reading
Doi Inthanon – 8,465ft Eric and Katie – August 4, 2019 Matthew and Amanda – October 4, 2016 Eric and Katie’s trip: I had just finished a 3 week expedition climbing Noshaq, the Afghanistan highpoint, and after 2 days rest in Dushanbe, Tajikistan I flew out to Thailand. Katie was… Continue reading
Noshaq (24,580ft) – Highest Mountain in Afghanistan July 6-31, 2019 Eric, Andreas, Pat, Marie, Ian, Ray, Luwig July 6 Eric departs Seattle in evening July 7 flight over northern Greenland connecting in Dubai July 8 arrive Dushanbe, Tajikistan, buy supplies, 4×4 14hr taxi to Khorog July 9 pick up Afghan… Continue reading
Mt Caubvick (5,420ft) and Mt D’Iberville (5,420ft), Highpoints of Quebec and Newfoundland/Labrador Eric, Patrick, Steven, Christina, Yeuhi June 18, 2019 Itinerary: June 14 – Eric departs Seattle June 15 – Layover day in Montreal June 16 – Flight to Kuujjuaq June 17 – Layover day in Kuujjuaq, paddle packrafts in… Continue reading
June 7-9, 2019 Eric and Keith We left Seattle Friday evening and camped out in Capitol Forest State Park. Saturday we drove to the Hoh rain forest and hiked around admiring the huge trees. We then drove to Cape Flattery to see the northwesternmost point in the lower 48 states,… Continue reading
Peepsight Mountain (8,146ft) Eric and Katie June 1-2, 2019 We headed out of town Saturday morning and started up the Andrews Creek trail just before noon. A few miles up we met a trail crew working on cutting out logs up to Andrews Pass, so hopefully it’ll be all clear… Continue reading