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Conquering the tallest 26
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Tue 05 Nov, 2013 10:09 pmby Strider
Did anyone else see this? Pretty hardcore effort!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-05/c ... ke/5071302A public servant from Canberra has become the first person to climb Australia's 26 highest mountains in one non-stop expedition.
On his third attempt, Kyle Williams reached the top of all 26 mountains over 2,000 metres high and stretching more than 130 kilometres along trails and roads in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales.
The 37-year-old achieved that feat in 48 hours battling wind, rain and snow, including the northern most peak of Mount Jagungal, the highest peak at Mount Kosciuszko and finishing at Perisher Mountain.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Tue 05 Nov, 2013 10:32 pmby GPSGuided
Why this time of the year?
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Wed 06 Nov, 2013 5:31 amby DarrenM
Assuming the story is current, the fringe seasons in particular Spring are the best in terms of weather. It gets brutally hot later in summer, less melt means less easily accessible water and prior to winter the weather is less stable. Flies can drive you to the edge of madness the later you leave it.
Massive push and a great goal. Well done.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Wed 06 Nov, 2013 7:38 amby Mark F
I very much doubt he is the 1st person to do this but 48 hours is very fast. I have a similar trip planned for around Easter but including an additional 13 unnamed points over 7 to 8 days. I had a try last Easter but the weather defeated me. Weather wise early Autumn is normally the most settled weather.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Wed 06 Nov, 2013 1:11 pmby wildwalks
Mark F wrote:I very much doubt he is the 1st person to do this.....
He is not the first person. Our first edition of bushwalk.com emag has an article about Geoff Mallinson (a BWA member) who completed this same trip - before Kyle did.
http://emag.bushwalk.com/BWA201310.pdfGeoff had a blog and some publicity as he believed he was the first -- no one has come forth to Geoff to say that they did it before him. I have also researched it on the web and not found anyone else who has claimed to have done it before.
No doubt it is a big achievement and a fast pace -- but to claim to be the first is a big stretch.
Matt
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Thu 07 Nov, 2013 2:06 pmby jules78
Hi Matt
We need to get this out more- that abc had their facts wrong with the story. Geoff is a good friend of mine and he should get the credit for what he accomplished. I'm on a mission to defend his honour!
I've already emailed abc about it- including links to your magazine article. Hopefully they will do the right thing and amend their story (though I'm doubtful as it'll make them look bad).
Jules
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Thu 07 Nov, 2013 7:56 pmby Turfa
Did they get the facts wrong ? I actually interpreted the story as he was the first to do the trip non-stop.....
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Thu 07 Nov, 2013 9:01 pmby DarrenM
That's the way I read it also Turfa. Big push in one go for sure, but doesn't take anything away from Geoff's trip.
Well done to both!
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Fri 08 Nov, 2013 7:04 amby Mark F
The story also had a mixup. Mt Perisher is 2,054 metres, not Back Perisher which is 2,000m. The press never get this sort of detail right.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Fri 08 Nov, 2013 1:07 pmby jules78
They have amended the article - although they didn't mention Geoff's name they at least acknowledged it had been done previously. Looks like my emails paid off. Geoff did it non-stop over 3 days (36hrs walking). He originally attempted to do it in 24 hrs but had 2 failed attempts due to injury / bad weather.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Sun 10 Nov, 2013 6:22 amby north-north-west
jules78 wrote:They have amended the article - although they didn't mention Geoff's name they at least acknowledged it had been done previously. Looks like my emails paid off. Geoff did it non-stop over 3 days (36hrs walking). He originally attempted to do it in 24 hrs but had 2 failed attempts due to injury / bad weather.
3 days non-stop is 72 hours. Even if he finished at sunset on the third day, it's still more like 60 hours from start to finish.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Sun 10 Nov, 2013 9:21 amby Wollemi
north-north-west wrote:jules78 wrote:Geoff did it non-stop over 3 days (36hrs walking). He originally attempted to do it in 24 hrs but had 2 failed attempts due to injury / bad weather.
3 days non-stop is 72 hours. Even if he finished at sunset on the third day, it's still more like 60 hours from start to finish.
Somewhat related as to hours expressed over days taken; November 2012, I cycled from Boggabri to Dunedoo via quite back roads. 1pm Sunday to 1230pm Tuesday = 47.5 hours in 3 days
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Sun 10 Nov, 2013 10:25 amby Strider
Non-stop in 36 hours is over two days, not three.
Conquering the tallest 26
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Mon 11 Nov, 2013 2:08 amby GPSGuided
Per Wollemi above, 36hrs can span across 3 days.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Mon 11 Nov, 2013 8:48 amby Strider
GPSGuided wrote:Per Wollemi above, 36hrs can span across 3 days.
Its only a very small portion of the first or last day though.
Re: Conquering the tallest 26
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Mon 11 Nov, 2013 8:52 amby doogs
Strider wrote:GPSGuided wrote:Per Wollemi above, 36hrs can span across 3 days.
Its only a very small portion of the first or last day though.
..and Usain Bolt is the fastest marathon runner in history, he did it in 75 minutes over 45 days
