The so called “risky vacations” are still very much niche market. The once thriving nonprofit clubs and societies running these expeditions are now dead or dying. I’m not sure about the uniformed groups like scouts but even the schools are now outsourcing the planning and organisation of these activities to commercial entities. Of course there […]
Something tragic occurred on Mt Kilimanjaro 5895m. Singaporean Darrel Phee age 28, died while climbing the highest mountain in Africa. He was part of a group that departed from Singapore to Tanzania on 2 August 2023. The expedition was organised by a company called Adventures Unlimited. From the company’s FB posts, they were climbing Kilimanjaro […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Batik Air 28 July 2023 said its aircraft requested for a diversion to Indonesia after a technical glitch during a flight from Australia. “We wish to advice that flight OD152 which was bound for Kuala Lumpur with 56 passengers on board had departed from Perth on 28 July at 4.34pm (Western Australia time),” […]
Sumber Brantas means source of the Sungai Brantas, the longest river in Java. It is a big agricultural district with altitude ranging from 1,600m-1,900m. It also sits between two 3,000m peaks, Gunung Arjuno 3,339m (named after Hindu god Arjuna) and Gunung Weilirang 3,156m. The village sits conveniently southwest of Weilirang and almost due west of […]
Toba was a supervolcano that unleashed a catastrophic eruption some 74,000 years ago, ejecting millions of cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere, triggering a global winter that lasted for years. Ash from the Toba supervolcano has been detected as far as Africa, the continent least affected by the eruption. Today’s Toba caldera was formed […]
Stair climbing may be boring, but we don’t have that many options to train for mountain climbing in Singapore. We have about a month to go before NDP 2023. This year, I’m documenting my stair climbing to show everyone what treasures we have in our stairwells. Keep your stairwell clean. I may be climbing your […]
Green Boots 8,500m on Everest, is a trail marker called “green boots”. Under a rocky overhang, is the body of an unidentified Indian climber. Believed to have died in 1996, the deceased climber was wearing striking green boots and hence, the name “green boots”. Passing green boots would mean that you have little more than […]
Deja vu. Looks almost exactly like Kunming in the 1990s. Check Out Knapsack Books by Chan Joon Yee
A relatively easy trek in the Annapurna region of Nepal. Planning for November/December 2023 Day 1 – Pokhara – Australian Camp – DeuraliDay 2 – Pitan Deurali -Forest Camp – Low CampDay 3 – Low Camp – High Camp.Day 4– Hike to View Point ,Mardi Himal Base Camp and trek down to Badal DandaDay 5 […]
Bhutan, a materially challenged country that boasts of a high GNH Gross National Happiness. How real is this happy country? This documentary does not promote the illusion that Bhutan is Shangrila. It zooms in on Bhutan’s treacherous roads which are supposed to be international highways. This documentary takes a remarkably objective view but ultimately concludes […]