Heights | Richard Pendavingh

Heights Archive

Apr

Looking up through the rocks near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island.

Violence in the Aloha State

gun crime, Hawaii, housing crises, Mauna Kea, US army, volcanoes

I knew that Hawaii was part of America but I still didn’t expect it to be so American.
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Oct

The Devil’s Staircase

Alpine National Park, Bushwalking, John Marsden, Mt Howitt, Victoria

Despite the spectacular views on offer around Mt Howitt it’s clear from the map that early European explorers had a rough time surveying the region.

Mar

Skytree is hundreds of meters higher than any other building in metro Tokyo. the contrast is especially apparent in Sumida which is made up of mostly low-rise apartments. The tower has an immense presence at ground level that's hard to convey in photographs.

Tokyo’s Indestructible Skytree

Carbon Nanotubes, Damascus steel, Earthquake, Galen, Pagoda, Skytree, Tokyo

2015 led me back to Tokyo. This time I spent most of my time in the district of Sumida in Tokyo’s Northeast.
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Aug

The tiny photo booth built into the wall of the Cliffside Plank path on the south peak of Mt Huashan. Below is a thousand meter drop.

Huashan is a mountain located about 120 kilometres east of Xi’an- China’s old capital. It’s home to some very dicey walking tracks, a really spectacular set of cable cars, a tea house perched on a cliff face and a photo studio with some genuine occupational health and safety issues.

Dec

Longtail boats at the shoreline of Tonsai bay.

Climbing in Ton Sai, Thailand

climbing, Krabi, Thailand, Tonsai

When I first decided to visit Ton Sai ten or so years ago I discovered getting there was a little tricky.

Nov

Clouds lifting up from the valley at sunrise in Lesotho.

Sani Pass, Lesotho

4x4, climbing, clouds, Lesotho, Sani Pass, South Africa

Sani Pass is a stretch of road on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. The stretch of road between the South African border post and the summit is one of the most treacherous roads I’ve ever come across.

Nov

A hazy morning on the Drakensburg escarpment.

Drakensburg, SA

Baboons, Drakensburg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth we spent a few days exploring the great Drakensburg Escarpment that cleaves its way way along the eastern cape and forms the border of South Africa and Lesotho.

Nov

Byzantine Bunkers

Anatolia, Assyria, Biosphere, Cappadocia, Caves, Derinkuyu, Timur

Across Europe and Russia you can find the remains of bunkers and air-raid shelters- a legacy of the Second World War and the Cold War that followed. In Cappadocia, in central Turkey, you can find much older and much more extensive underground shelters.

May