We kicked off our team climbs in the Australian Alpine last week, and over the weekend, our first climbers stood on the summit of Mount Kosciuszko!

Congratulations to:

• Henry H.
• Vignes S.
• Paul S.
• Sandra D.
• Nicole C.
• Shaji P.
• CTSS Guide Robert J.
• CTSS Guide Jacob M.

Our team is positioned on the backside of Kosciuszko National Park, where steeper terrain has been calling mountaineers for decades as they prepare for some of the world’s most extreme environments, including Vinson and Everest. On Kozi, we run two Australian Alpine Academy programs, one focusing on mountaineering skills plus a summit climb of Kozi and the other focusing solely on mountaineering skills. If you want to learn more about Australia’s unexpected mountaineering training ground, check out our recent blog post.

Here are a few photos from the summit under whiteout and windy conditions, giving you a taste, once again, of Kozi’s extreme environment! Photos taken by CTSS Guide Robert J.

On the summit of Mount Kosciuszko

Headed to Kozi at daybreak.

Congratulations to the entire team!