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  • As published in Just Urbane … Mount Agung … twice!

    Enjoy the link below to my story in Just Urbane about climbing Mount Agung in Bali. About six hours up and let’s say about seven hours coming down. This active volcano is visible from anywhere on the island of Bali. While it may be a while before we can get back to this amazing island…

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  • ABC Breakfast Show: Mount Agung; The Mother Mountain and her importance to the Balinese

      http://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/saturdaybreakfast/saturday-breakfast/9903082   To listen to my chat about Mount Agung on the attached link, scroll the timer forward to about the 40 minute mark.Saturday mornings on the ABC are always a great way to start my weekend.  This chat was about my amazing old friend who can’t seem to stay out of the news;…

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  • 6PR with Chris Ilsley: Putting A Face To The Name – Mount Agung

      She is an old girl.  She is the Old Girl.  She is over 3000m high.  That’s nearly a kilometre higher than Australia’s biggest mountain, Mt Kosciuszko, and about two kilometres than Western Australia’s biggest peak, Bluff Knoll. In my discussion on 6PR’s Perth Tonight with Chris Ilsley, we discussed my fears in climbing this…

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