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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 12:05] – [Alex Colley] 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 | ||
- | and vegetation. About 4 p m. on Easter Saturday, as mist settled over the mountain, | + | and vegetation. About 4 p m. on Easter Saturday, as mist settled over the mountain, |
- | of :,3 15's had found it negotiable. After about half an hour of scrub-pushing, | + | of S.B.W.'s had found it negotiable. After about half an hour of scrub-pushing, |
- | serrd.: | + | scrambling |
we did get down we still mightn' | we did get down we still mightn' | ||
camping down there was impossible and we wouldn' | camping down there was impossible and we wouldn' | ||
there was enough space to camp. On the top we met Paul Driver, whose party had made | there was enough space to camp. On the top we met Paul Driver, whose party had made | ||
camp there. This decided most of the party to stay on top, while some made down to the cleared patches where five of us had camped two years before. | camp there. This decided most of the party to stay on top, while some made down to the cleared patches where five of us had camped two years before. | ||
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The rain came just as we started tea. Having spent many a wet season weekend | The rain came just as we started tea. Having spent many a wet season weekend | ||
at Jamberoo not far from Peter Page's rain gauge, I think I can estimate precipitation fairly well. For long stretches the rate of fall must have been at | at Jamberoo not far from Peter Page's rain gauge, I think I can estimate precipitation fairly well. For long stretches the rate of fall must have been at | ||
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Very soon the thin layer of soil on the top was saturated and water ran over | Very soon the thin layer of soil on the top was saturated and water ran over | ||
- | it an almost continuous sheet. As the Slope increased towards the fissure rivulets were formed which cascaded over the rock into the trough. Before long the soil in the fissure too, although much deeper, was saturated, and water flowed over its surface. | + | it an almost continuous sheet. As the slope increased towards the fissure rivulets were formed which cascaded over the rock into the trough. Before long the soil in the fissure too, although much deeper, was saturated, and water flowed over its surface. |
As the deluge intensified I recalled Frank Barlow' | As the deluge intensified I recalled Frank Barlow' | ||
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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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