Expedition Hope

Photos are now posted from the Expedition Hope/Mt. Kosciuszko climb. Please click on the Photo page at the right!

Joe on the summit of Mt. Kosciuszko in New South Wales, Australia. Click Here to hear Joe’s audio report from Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia – a call from the Summit! This is Joe Lawson with Expedition Hope and it is now Wednesday, November 16, at 11:32, Australian time, and we have reached the summit of [...]

We have reached the summit of Mt. Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia, at approximately 11:30 a.m. (Australia time, Wed., Nov. 16). This is the second successful summit for Expedition Hope! We will post the summit photo and satellite phone call from the summit soon. When I reach the summit of a mountain, I want [...]

We depart tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 12) for the Expedition Hope/Mt. Kosciuszko climb. Although Mt. Kosciuszko is not high in terms of altitude, or difficult in terms of technical mountain climbing, it is, however, the next attempt on the Expedition Hope quest to climb the Seven Summits – the highest mountain on each continent – to [...]

[Map (c) National Geographic] Australia, itself an island, is the only country on the planet that occupies an entire continent. It is the world’s smallest continent but sixth-largest country. Slightly smaller in size than the US, Australia has 25,760 km (16,006 miles) of coastline. Most of the 18 million Australians live near the coast, and [...]