Conquering the tallest 26

[Strider]

Did anyone else see this? Pretty hardcore effort!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-05/c ... ke/5071302

A 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.

[GPSGuided]

Why this time of the year?

[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.

[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.

[wildwalks]

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.pdf
Geoff 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

[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

[Turfa]

Did they get the facts wrong ? I actually interpreted the story as he was the first to do the trip non-stop.....

[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!

[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.

[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.

[north-north-west]

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.

[Wollemi]

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

[Strider]

Non-stop in 36 hours is over two days, not three.

[GPSGuided]

Per Wollemi above, 36hrs can span across 3 days.

[Strider]

Per Wollemi above, 36hrs can span across 3 days.

Its only a very small portion of the first or last day though.

[doogs]

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