The Tyndall Range
This spectacular mountain range is found on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. The Tyndalls were named in 1877 by James Reid Scott, in honor of Professor John Tyndall. Professor Tyndall was a Fellow of the Geological Society who made important contributions in physics, atmospheric science and geology.
Within this truly magnificent range the adventurer will find jagged rocky peaks, delicate alpine vegetation and a network of glacial lakes and tarns. They will also find harsh and unforgiving weather, difficult navigation and total isolations.
I urge anyone visiting this extremely delicate part of Tasmania to strictly follow LNT principles. Of all the places I have ever visited, The Tyndalls is the closest I have ever seen to perfection in nature.
Mount Tyndall
The sky above was gloomy. We were hoping it wasn’t an sign of weather to come - our trusty Norwegian weather man was predicting fine weather so we weren’t too worried - yet.
Mount Geikie
As I had arranged to climb Mt. Tyndall with friends on the last day of our trip, my first trig of the day belonged to Mt. Geikie - and that touch came much quicker and much more easily than I had envisaged.
Mount Sedgwick
Let us promptly destroy any hopes that one might be able to simply "pop" over to Sedgwick, and be back to camp at Lake Tyndall in around 6 hours as described in The Abels! Even our bushwalking idol RockMonkey found it a solid 9 hour trek - and she is the fittest, fastest and gutsiest bushwalker we know!