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Bluff Knoll

A hike to the summit can be enjoyable at anytime of year. I had an excellent night hike in January (our Summer) to arrive on the summit at sunrise. The path is well marked and well worn.

I have also hiked up in the summer on days when there is cloud/wind and not too much sun. One consideration would be the high fire-risk when it is hot and dry.

I don't underestimate the risk of cold wind and driving rain in the winter - the summit is exposed and the wind comes straight up from the Antarctic.

Final word, beware the long drops in the car-park area. No bears there, but maybe snakes and spiders ;-)

Mike Vosper

Australia

11 Jun 2025

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Mount Manypeaks (Western Australia)

Camping is good at Norman's Inlet. No supplies of any kind though, including no water.
Routes to top of Mount Many Peak:
Route 1:
Cross the creek at the campsite, then head up to the ridge ahead and follow that to the summit. The higher you go, the denser the bush gets and the harder the walk becomes. It becomes extremely challenging and exhausting. Gave up before I reached the summit on this route.
Route 2: Tried from Waychinicup, only to be stopped by almost impenetrable rain forest as you get higher up. Again, failed and gave up long before reaching the summit.
Route 3: Success at last.
Walked due east along beach from Norman's inlet to where it hits the rocks. From there on, straight up to the summit in a direttissima. Exhausting and very demanding again, in many areas due to dense growth, but eventually, you reach the last bare hump of rock near the summit. Clambering over this rock up and then down again can be a bit hairy, but it gets you there. All told, with a generous lunch break the round trip took me about 10 to 12 mostly strenuous hours, but it was worth it. On a calm day after Easter, you can see the ocean speckled with vast schools of herrings and salmon.
Keep in mind that all the ocean facing slopes catch lots of rain and are therefore covered in extremely thick rain forests. Often, a machete would be very handy, but then the National Park people would take a very dim view to that sort of approach. Keep an open eye for tiger snakes, plenty of them, especially when the weather warms up after winter.
Still, a worth while expedition. Climbed the mountain several times, once with my son who was at that stage in year 4 or 5 and he managed OK.
Best Time to go: Just after Easter, then all through winter until say September. October would probably be the last opportunity, as later in the year, it gets rather warm.
Hope this helps.
Good hiking, Hans

Hans R Wellinger

Australia

03 Apr 2021

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Gunung Rinjani

HOW TO GET IN MOUNTAIN RINJANI

Most visitors arrive via the village of senaru (600 m). on the northern side of the mountain and thus closer to the main resort areas of the west coast including Senggigi.if you are coming from padang bai-Bali you can take ferry which work 24 hours. or you can get a flight directly to Lombok International Airport at Tanak Aou.

Climbing Mount Rinjani

at 3,726 m, Rinjani is the second highest volcano in Indonesia. It is very climbable by visitors with a high level of phydical fitness. typically a trek to the rim involves two days and one night on mountain. The longer ascent to the summit can be done with just one night's camping but it often part of longer trek 3-4 days and two or three night.

you can go by trekking agency, we recommended you to with Rinjani Trek Adventure, their talented team of local guides, cooks, and porter and the best management strong knowledge over 10 year be guide for Mount Rinjani, their price are reasonable, they provide guide, porter to carry all trekking gear such as food and beverages for you, trekking equipment like sponge mattress with 6 cm, pillow, tent, toilet tent, sleeping bag, transportation, and accomodation in Senaru village. you can contact them via email [email protected]

Peter Lim.

Peter Lim

Indonesia

12 May 2015

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Mount Iya

The superstitious story of Mount Iya when you talk to the inhabitant of Ende is: that Mount Meja and Mount Iya was in love and the jealous mount Wongge tried to catch Mount Iyas attention unsuccessfully, Meja and Wongge got into a fight and Wongge chopped the top of Mount Meja and killed him. The top is now lying at the one side of the isthmus and the sword that Wongge used is another island on the other side of the isthmus. It's told that Iya is still crying of sorrow.
After examining mount Iya we found no information of activity later than 1971, and started the surmountable climbing of a only 637m high mountain. We began at the end where the local garbage spot was located, and met several bigger lizards (over 1 meter) that seem to enjoying the location.
We started climbing, and it seemed to be rather unvisited if you compare it to Gunung Kelimutu at Flores or Gunung Agung at Bali. We didn't find any local guides but took a few locals along, that knew the direction to the garbage spot and started the climb. The climb was surmountable; it started with some smaller trees and very sandy conditions. When we came to the top the local sat down satisfied, and my farther and I stood for a while and looked wondering why there way small as well as bigger plants on a mountaintop that had erupted less than 50 years ago. Something was wrong. While the locals had a break, we discussed the surprisingly amount of vegetation and took a look along the edge of the volcano and found the area with less and less vegetation, knowing that we had to go that direction.
We told the locals that they were welcome to wait, and then we walked the edge of the volcano, and one of the locals got curious and walked along. The ground grew loose and ashy as we walked, and at one point there was almost no vegetation and the ground was highly porous. We sensed a sharp edge and try to approach the brim. and looked down a nearly vertical crater in white yellow and blue colours. There was a hole in the crater and the smell of sulphur and steam trickle out from it.
We tried to get as close to the brim as possible to take shoot some photos and walked to the other end to find the locals and started the climb back to civilization.
It felt like an intimate and less explored experience.

Maria Egede

Denmark

01 Nov 2012

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Tambora

From May 21 to May 25 I made an expedition to the base of the Tambora crater. I was with a group of twelve, mainly young graduates from Bima College.

I flew in to Bima, because the people that have been into the crater mainly live there. After 6 hours drive from the airport we arrived at the coffee plantation above Pancasila (800m above sea level). From here the trail starts and I stayed overnight in the nice guest house. At this altitude there are no mosquitoes. Next day we started at 7 am and built camp at 5 pm at Pos V (at 2.300m), just below the tree-line, which is quite low at Tambora. Next morning we started at sunrise to reach the rim (2.650m) at 8.30 am. Tambora as it stands now, after the eruption in 1815, is the base of a former 4.100m (or so) giant, so only the last stretch between Pos V and the rim was somewhat steep.

When we arrived at the rim to reach the entry point into the caldera we turned left,. So, on this western edge of the crater we walked some 1.000m north, close to the peak, left, that is opposite to the real peak, which we had left behind on our right. The trail downhill generally followed two historic landslides which today are stable and partly overgrown. It ended just 1.200m below the point where trekkers coming from Pos V usually enjoy their view on Tambora crater, at 1.450m.

In large parts the trail downhill had an inclination of 35 to 40 degrees. But nearly half of the trail has 45 up to 50 degrees and these are not solid rock but different lose materials. Here the only firm grips for our hands often were only bushes and grass, whereas Edelweiss did not hold. The first stop we had at 2.250m, in a granite formation at a place called Pos Wadunae. Here we found fresh water. After this point we kept right-hand and entered one of the steepest parts of the whole trail. While ropes nowhere else are really indispensable (except as a precautionary measure) here each of us hung on the rope for two meters or so. Whenever we came to a junction from here we should have kept right, but did so only on the way uphill, two days later. Instead, on one of those junctions we took the left option, so we had a very steep and rocky way downhill on our last 400m, which belonged to the steepest of the whole way. This detour cost us one hour extra and we arrived at the crater base at sunset, at 6 pm, 12 hours after we left Pos V.

We camped two nights on the crater base, at the sandy banks of a small creek, between a lot of big debris. The crater lake, at the lowest point in the east, was already starting to dry up (as was our creek) end of May, but still measured 800 by 800 meters. Two other creeks, further to the east, had much more water. Fumaroles were ejecting white steam at many places all around the crater theatre that measures some 6,5 by 6,5 km. They flag the border line between the (horizontal) cold and rocky cap on the giant magma chamber under our feet and the (vertical) crater walls – with one exception. That is the area around Doro Api Toi, the mini crater in the south-eastern corner, 20 m high with a diameter of 100m. While this mini crater does not appear to have grown in recent years, some fumaroles sprang up in its vicinity, making even the water of a creek passing the area boil. The steam fumaroles were strongest in the mornings, after sunrise, losing power during the day.

We packed tents before sunrise after the second night to start our climb at 6 am. This time we found the best entry point immediately. Nevertheless, the first 150m were very steep, again. It took us eight and a half hours to reach the rim again. At Pos V, at 4.30 pm, our Indonesian friends had to register that the wild pigs had eaten all their rice that they had hidden on the ground. So we decided to continue our walk to the guest house of the coffee plantation through the night. We arrived there at 11.30 pm, nearly 18 hours after we started our climb on the crater base.

Remarks and recommendations:

- Plan the water resources very carefully. At the beginning of the dry season, end of May, all springs (including at Pos V) and creeks on the crater base had plenty of water. The longer the dry season the less water you will find.

- Consider plan B: in case of extended rain falls or sickness/accident you may have to stay extra days in the crater. So, take extra food with you.

- In the crater you will be incommunicado (unless you have an Iridium phone). There is no point to register, hence you will not be missed for quite a while. So, form a sufficiently big team.

- One point below Pos Wadunae at 2.250m you can only pass by hanging in a rope for two meters or so. At some other steep parts a rope is helpful as safeguard and precaution.

- A safety helmet seems advisable as your companions above may trigger stones.

- It is indispensable to take a guide and porters. I had two porters with ten kilos each. The few guides you get only in Bima. Ask Rik Stoetman for assistance. He runs two blogs, one under visitttambora, and is very cooperative. Indeed, without him I could not have made it.

wolfgang Piecha

Germany

14 Jul 2012

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Mount Agung

Beautiful mountain to climb!
Easy walk from the base till half way where it starts to get a bit steep and slippery. There are parts along the track where there's rope to help but if has been raining for a while it gets tricky. Lots of roots from trees and small bushes to help as well. We did the walk from 11pm till 4am and there was no problem. There are places to set up a camp halfway up and shelters as well.

Diogo

Australia

13 Aug 2016

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