Jenesse, Nicole, Brock, Shane, Troy (not the Troy Boy), and I hiked up the tallest Glasshouse Mountain on the Sunshine Coast: Mount Beerwah.

The rest of the hike up is much like Tibro, where all limbs will be used to climb the rock slab. The trail up is mark with faint yellow lines painted on the rock. The slab finally ends about a 80 metres below the Organ Pipes (the large open cave). Trees now line the worn path leading to the "beach" of the Organ Pipes. We rested here and I went scouting for the Beerwah Bolt Route (Stainless Anticlimb), which is about 30 metres left of the resting area.

At the Organ Pipes, Nicey’s boots had both soles peeling off. These were Scarpa boots which had only been worn about 5 times, but have done many kilometres of walking in their short time.

From the Organ Pipes, the trail follows the cave South for about 200 metres and then continues to the summit. Along the way a rock wall is encountered but can easily be climbed directly or from a different angle. Arriving at the summit we had good views of the smaller but still impressive Glasshouse Mountains: Mt Cooniwrin, Mt Ngungun and Mt Tibrogargan.

After a bite to eat and drink, we started on our descent. It was uneventful until the rock slab was met again. Nicey’s boots were totally useless now for the slab, so I gave her my boots which fit her comfortably. I figured going down barefoot on the slab shouldn’t pose an issue for me.

Nicey and Nicole had a case of nerves due to the high exposure and slippery dip feel, but both slowly made the descent down. Meanwhile, I was barefoot and was confidently walking down and sometimes downclimbing some steep parts. The only issue I found was that the rock was quite hot at times!

We celebrated our accomplishments as usual at Vecchio’s, where pancakes, smoothies and burgers were gulped down.