Point to Pinnacle 2025

On Sunday Michael, Robbie and I walked 21km uphill, in the Point to Pinnacle Race. We are not racers, we just enjoy the annual chance to walk up the cordoned-off road. Last year Rob and I planned to do it together but he was double booked so we gave his ticket to Michael; and this year all three of us did it.

However; this is the only pic you'll see of all three of us as Michael put the foot down after about 5km and did the rest at his natural 21yo pace; getting to the top in 3hrs 31 minutes. He placed 231 of 1186. Last year we stayed together and just squeaked in under four hours.

Here's some of the official photos documenting his casual style; about 9km in and then in the final stretch to the finish.

Robbie and I went at a pace more reasonable for people who can remember the Whitlam dismissal.

In the photo above we (on the right) are just going past the Derwent Scottish Pipe Band (out of sight to the left). They are magnificent, and brought a tear to the eye. Here's a pic from their website.

At The Springs the taiko drummers also gave everyone a lot of energy and positivity.

As we ascended Robbie and I worked through the full agenda we'd prepared; covering recent events, historical events, the best West Indian cricketers, ideal ingredients for sandwiches, prospects for solving perpetual motion, diseases of the horse, Tasmania's greatest opposition leaders, Futurism v Scuola Metafisica and the eternal debate: Cortina v Torana.

There was no view this year. We were in a tight little room of fog for the last 6km or so. It tended to flatten out the walk because although that stretch rises steadily; at any time the stretch you actually could see appeared fairly level. On the other hand it's always nice to see the target and orient yourself as the road winds about; and we couldn't do that.

Michael finished fresh as a daisy, and went off to work mere hours later. 

Robbie had sore hamstrings and a possible blister developing; my left hip had started to creak a bit. But we lunged for the finish line all the same. We finished in 4 hours 19 minutes. Training for 2026 starts now!