Larapinta walk, West MacDonnell National Park: The Northern Territory's secret mountains

By Louse Southerden
September 10 2016 - 12:15am
Trekking along Euro Ridge. Photo: Louise Southerden
Trekking along Euro Ridge. Photo: Louise Southerden
Swimming in the Finke River, Glen Helen Gorge. Photo: Louise Southerden
Swimming in the Finke River, Glen Helen Gorge. Photo: Louise Southerden

Waking up at 2am to climb a mountain by torchlight is not something you expect to be doing in the dusty, red-earthed middle of Australia. Yet here I am, with 12 others and our guides, walking in silent single file in the dark to reach Mount Sonder​'s 1350-metre summit by sunrise.

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