Climbing Mauna Kea |
 Because Mauna Kea is a shield volcano, its slopes are “broad and gentle”. As a result, it’s not an especially difficult mountain to climb, but Mauna Kea is high – the summit is more than 4,000 metres above sea-level and the mountain’s well over a thousand feet higher than New Zealand’s Mt Cook. As a result, I trained hard for climbing Mauna Kea. I spent more than 30 hours in the gym working-out on a stairmaster, and … |