Tag: ultra

Gunung Rinjani

Nusa Tengarra
2022-10-12
hike
3726m
P3726m
i1600.66km

The man is like a doctor, fingering the pulse and declaring that our blood pressure is perfect. He prepares a certificate, signs, and stamps it. Great, we are ready to climb Mount Rinjan!i. I am surprised that the trail goes through open grassland instead of jungle, which was unexpected.. Within half an hour, we reach…

Gunung Agung

Nusa Tengarra
2022-10-10
hike
3031m
P3031m
i103.98km

We get up at 1am, drive to the trailhead, where a local guide is waiting for us. The trail starts at a temple. We climb 330 steps. The local guide is praying and burning incense. After ten minutes, we pass the temple building on the left and start climbing an easy, well-maintained path. We pass…

Davraz Tepe

Western Anatolia
2022-09-29
hike
2635m
P1553m
i32.32km

I guess this is my last ultra-peak of this trip in Turkey. I get up in the dark, before 6 am, three hours of driving, and approach the ski station. It is reached by a tarmac road of reasonably good quality. However, after passing a barrier, a gravel road catches my eye. I look at…

Dedegol Tepesi

Taurus Mountains
2022-09-26
hike
2988m
P1659m
i157.41km

I leave the hotel well before dawn. Surprisingly good roads, and I’m moving relatively fast. But still, it takes almost 3 hours to get to the trailhead. A short stop at the lake, nice views, and a calm morning.

Babadag

Western Anatolia
2022-09-24
hike
1969m
P1763m
i27.91km

From the top of Uiluk Tepe, I descend at noon, leaving enough time for another peak today. I roll on small roads for almost three hours, although the straight line is only 35.5 kilometers.

Uyluk Tepe

Western Anatolia
2022-09-24
hike
3016m
P1664m
i48.76km

I leave the hotel before dawn. It takes almost 4 hours to reach the trailhead. From Gömbe the road is unpaved. However, to my surprise I find brown signposts to points of interest. However, after a few kilometres, the arrows and my direction will stand out.

Kizlar Sivrisi

Western Anatolia
2022-09-21
hike
3070m
P1966m
i369.54km

I get up with the sun, drive for a few hours. The last few kilometers are a good gravel road. I drive to the refuge, but I see that a road of similar quality goes further. I drive another kilometer or so and stop at a crossroads. I can see the path marked on the map and decide not to drive in the future on and start climbing.

Geyik Daglari

Taurus Mountains
2022-09-19
hike
2887m
P1543m
i113.77km

I drive on good roads and soon it’s starting to get light, great scenery all around. I arrive at a settlement which is quite empty in the early morning. I drive up a poor quality road, but the last few hundred metres are even more difficult. I can hear the stone scraping the bottom. uhh.The…

Torrecerredo

Cordillera Cantabrica
2022-09-10
hike
2649m
P1936m
i346.52km

This peak is included in Core Europe’s 50 Most Prominent Peaks list, the World Peaks with 300 km of Isolation list, the Spain Autonomous Community High Points list (two), and the Iberian Top 100 by Prominence list. It has so many reasons to be climbed, and the most important reason is its beautiful scenery. Torrecerredo…

Pico de Aneto

Pyrenees
2022-09-08
hike
3404m
P2881m
i507.49km

Top of the Pyrenees and Spain’s third-highest mountain, and also the birthplace of what were once the largest glaciers in the Pyrenees. Today, the glacier looked like a big patch of old snow in the summer. I was concerned about how we would avoid crevasses when we were planning the peak, but after watching a…

Pico Almanzor

Castile Ranges
2022-09-07
hike
2591m
P1686m
i326.89km

After successfully climbing five ultrapeaks in Morocco, we arrive in Madrid, get in the car, and a couple of hours later, we stay in the village of Hoyos del Espino, which is reasonably close to the trail. Pico Almanzor is the first of three planned peaks in mainland Spain. Good, we have a plan; we…

Jebel Tidirhine

Northwestern Atlas
2022-09-04
hike
2456m
P1901m
i130.82km

The last of five planned Moroccan ultrapeaks is located right next to the Mediterranean Sea. So it feels like a resort: warm, dry, with lots of pine and cedar trees. It is likely that this climate is also very suitable for hashish, with practically all the fields planted with lush vegetation. The fields are irrigated…

Adrar Bou Nasser

Northwestern Atlas
2022-09-03
hike
3340m
P1642m
i147.59km

Three planned Moroccan ultrapeaks have been climbed, leaving two to go. So, we’re doing a big Northeasterly loop along the Atlas Mountains, and Adrar Bou Nasser is the most suitable mountain for the next climb. We get up early, drive to the trailhead, and leave the car at the end of the unpaved road. The…

Irhil M’Goun

High Atlas
2022-09-02
hike
4071m
P1904m
i148.49km

We start in Said’s home valley, in the village of Arousse. Said, his brother, and a helper with two mules, John and myself, all walk up a rough road next to a river. The road is rising gradually and passing through a few farms. The valley turns into a canyon, and at some point we…

Jebel Toubkal

High Atlas
2022-08-30
hike
4167m
P3755m
i2078.23km

The world’s 36th most prominent mountain is Morocco’s highest mountain, the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, and the nearest higher mountain is more than 2,078 kilometres away. There’s definitely more than one reason to climb it. A guide is compulsory, but it is not very clear why it is needed. Everywhere there are wide,…

Jebel Igdet

High Atlas
2022-08-29
hike
3619m
P1613m
i45.02km

The westernmost ultra-peak of the Atlas Mountains. There are certainly enough reasons to climb it. We get up early in the morning and drive to the village of Arg. We leave the car there, quickly prepare, and start the walk. For a couple of kilometres, we follow a trail trod by locals and mules. On…