Summit meeting
Summit meeting
by Melanie Ball
Summit bagging is a foolish pursuit. Granted, the views from mountain tops can take your breath; but so can the effort to get there. And the nature of their hobby means that summit baggers focus more on destination than journey and rarely stop to smell the flowers that often delay me. So I am slightly embarrassed to admit bagging four summits in one day. That none would appear on any self respecting mountaineer’s to-do list, and all rise from a plateau that contributes much of their height, is mere detail; I still tick off Mounts Baw Baw, Erica, St Phillack and Talbot Peak on the first day of the three-day guided Great Walhalla Alpine Trail.
by Melanie Ball
Summit bagging is a foolish pursuit. Granted, the views from mountain tops can take your breath; but so can the effort to get there. And the nature of their hobby means that summit baggers focus more on destination than journey and rarely stop to smell the flowers that often delay me. So I am slightly embarrassed to admit bagging four summits in one day. That none would appear on any self respecting mountaineer’s to-do list, and all rise from a plateau that contributes much of their height, is mere detail; I still tick off Mounts Baw Baw, Erica, St Phillack and Talbot Peak on the first day of the three-day guided Great Walhalla Alpine Trail.
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Keywords: Australia Trekking Off the Beaten Track Adventure Nature Walhalla bushwalking hiking guided alpine
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December 2009
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December 2009
