"This was the hardest of the State8 challenge (and the hardest hike I've ever done), not only because it is extremely remote and you need a proper 4WD to get there, but also because you need to travel on unmade and unmarked roads. We relied on our GPS to navigate to the camp site, but also to climb to the summit and return again (there were no suitable topographic maps of this area and no track to follow either). The terrain was quite difficult to climb - very small pebble like footing meant we all fell over multiple times, despite using hiking poles. Spinifex is everywhere and I was picking in out of the hands and knees for about 2 weeks afterwards. We contacted the NT park ranger beforehand, who was kind enough to give us lots of info, including a GPX track he'd done previously, and advise us the return trip would take around 8 hours (lol!). It actually took 2 of us 16 hours return and the other 2 team members 26 hours return. So we were walking well into the night, as we weren't carrying out tents with us. It was both physically and mentally challenging, with many false summits. I've never been more relieved to see our camp site at the end! We had enough water, but if the tempera..." — tarawood • Sep 22, 2019