Posts By Josh West

I sit here in a cushioned alcove overlooking the lakeside village of Åre, Sweden after surviving (and I honestly mean surviving) my first three days of snowboarding. I’ve somersaulted on …
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It’s astounding how quickly your mood can change when you’re pushed to your limits. The first week and a half on the trail was packed with challenging, yet rewarding, ups and …
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I couldn’t get enough of Mt Arden. Despite a tortuously early alarm, the unrelenting wind and my complete exhaustion, I simply had to witness the view from the prodigious mountain summit one …
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By now it really shouldn’t have surprised me, but the unexpected changes of landscapes just keep on coming. Day 9 was no different. In fact, it was the poster boy of …
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It doesn’t matter how far you trek, how many hills you climb or how many rocks you roll your ankle on, the sunsets in South Australia’s Flinder’s Ranges make all …
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Day 7 served as a lesson in checking, double-checking and then triple-checking your bearings if you’re unfamiliar with your surroundings. The view from the top of Jervis Hill was mind-boggling, but …
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Hawker, a quiet township billed as ‘the hub of the Flinders’, was going to satisfy my creature comfort cravings. Surprisingly, it took me until Day 6 to obsess about ‘food’. I’m …
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After an unrelentingly undulating Day 4, the comparatively even 17 kilometre stretch from Red Range Campsite to Mayo Hut was just the ‘rest’ my exhausted legs had been screaming for. I …
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After a draining Day 3, I woke up feeling very sore and sorry for myself. Both my internal and camera batteries still required charging, and I was up at 4:30 …
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Quite honestly, August 15, 2018, was the hardest day of in my life. When I finally arrived at Wilpena Pound Resort in the late evening, I was on the verge of …
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