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| 195905 [2012/12/21 12:00] – [Nerriga Area - Yadboro Escarpment - The Castle - Drury's. Easter 1959] colin | 195905 [2012/12/21 12:02] – colin | ||
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| ==== Alex Colley ==== | ==== Alex Colley ==== | ||
| - | Mount Renwick is a lozenge shaped table-top about a mile long and 3,000 feet high. Its narrow axis is bisected by a fissure running from East to West. The fissure is about 40 feet deep near the centre and runs down through the cliff edges. The top of the mountain is mostly rock, partly covered with a thin layer of soil | + | Mount Renwick |
| which supports a knee-high growth of shrubs. The sides of the fissure are rounded | which supports a knee-high growth of shrubs. The sides of the fissure are rounded | ||
| at the top and nearly vertical at the bottom. The shallow part is 10 to 20 yards wide and its floor supports a thick growth of small saplings. As it deepens the bottom becomes a slit only a few feet across, slimy, slippery and full of debris | at the top and nearly vertical at the bottom. The shallow part is 10 to 20 yards wide and its floor supports a thick growth of small saplings. As it deepens the bottom becomes a slit only a few feet across, slimy, slippery and full of debris | ||
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| Having failed in our efforts to get down through the central crevice of Mount | Having failed in our efforts to get down through the central crevice of Mount | ||
| - | Renwick, on our way to The Castle, and as we were fast running out of light, and as | + | Renwick |
| it was going to rain, we returned to the centre of the mountain top. Stumbling along the steeply Sloping southern side of the crevice we came upon an extra bare | it was going to rain, we returned to the centre of the mountain top. Stumbling along the steeply Sloping southern side of the crevice we came upon an extra bare | ||
| -patch with about two or three inches of soil or moss every here and there in small patches on otherwise steeply sloping rocks. | -patch with about two or three inches of soil or moss every here and there in small patches on otherwise steeply sloping rocks. | ||
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