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==The Butler Track== | ==The Butler Track== | ||
- | Starts at the cliff line at Map. Ref. 615187 where a small creek cuts the cliff just above a tonguelike | + | Starts at the cliff line at Map. Ref. 615187 where a small creek cuts the cliff just above a tongue-like |
- | the land which occurs as this tongue is approached. We had some difficulty in locating the beginning of the track although we hit the correct spot straight away. There is an obvious break in the cliff where a small creek breaks through and the track at first goes to the right only a short distance it then turns left and winds about a bit but losing | + | |
- | along on this track, | + | |
- | out into the open. Here another red cedar greeted us, but it would be difficult to locate it coming from below. | + | Arditto' |
- | Ardittols | + | |
- | to make our way round following grass most of the way to Hansen' | + | |
- | we hope to _have more information on tracks in and out of the valley in a few months time. Let us hope these tracks are used. It would be a great pity if these historic tracks were completely lost. | + | We hope to have more information on tracks in and out of the valley in a few months time. Let us hope these tracks are used. It would be a great pity if these historic tracks were completely lost. |
- | i A DATE TO REMEMBER 18th August COLOURED SLIDE COMPETITION.. ! | + | |
- | 12 slides per person no categories slides to Edna Stretton or Margaret Child on or before 4th August. Please carefully label slides with topic and name of | + | |
- | owner. | + | ====A DATE TO REMEMBER |
- | 7- | + | 12 slides per person |
- | WHERE LO SOME WALKERS GO IN THE | + | |
- | WINTERTINE? | + | |
- | SOW GO SKIING. | + | ====A CLIMBER IN THE FRENCH ALPS==== |
- | YOU CAN ENJOY AUSTRALIA' | + | |
- | WONDERLANDS, | + | Ron Cox |
- | SKI TOURING IS JUST THE SHOT FOR TALKERS | + | |
- | AND PADDY HAS JUST THE GEAR FOR SKIERS | + | |
- | AND WALKERS. COME IN AND SEE FOR | + | Grenoble. May |
- | YOURSELF. | + | |
- | PADDY PALLIN PTY. LTD. | + | |
- | 109a Bathurst Street, | + | Dear Everybody, |
- | | + | |
- | ummum onsubillowimilegb." | + | |
- | PADDY PALL1N | + | At Easter I made a pilgrimage to Chamonix which is 80 miles by road from Grenoble I hitch-hiked - left late Saturday and arrived 10 a m. Easter Sunday. Chamonix was crowded with skiers |
- | lightweight Camp Gear | + | |
- | 8M2685 /Q.) | + | |
- | 8. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1965 | + | Having neither |
- | wIN.E.MIImal==................ | + | frequent |
- | A CLIMBER IN THE FRENCH ALPS Ron Cox | + | |
- | Grenoble. May Dear Everybody, | + | |
- | At Easter I made a pilgrimage to Chamonix which is 80 miles by road from Grenoble I hitchhiked | + | Montenvers is a hotel-restaurant |
- | Easter Sunday. Chamonix was crowded with Skiers | + | |
- | there was a light dusting on the trees right down to the valley floor, but there | + | |
- | was no snow in Chamonix itself, There is often a metre of snow in the streets | + | The view is, Charmoz to the right, Grand Jorasses straight ahead (some distance away) and the Dru to the left, very close and very high. I did nothing, just looked for an hour or two. I was even treated to a fine red sunset. After sunset the sky clouded over and landscape lost all colour. In greys and blacks it looked very inhospitable, |
- | at Easter, but this is one of the feeblest winters in living memory. Mont Blanc was a vast gleaming mass of ice, hazy and indistinct. The sun blazed down on the great areas of white above Chamonix and one was quite dazzled looking up one really needed to wear goggles in town | + | on those crags I'd have been terrified. Presumably it's less scary in summer. In the last light I raw a party of skiers far out on the Mer de Glace, working down through the nearly invisible crevasses, and I felt very sorry for them; it would not have been nice out there, racing the darkness. |
- | Having neither | + | |
- | track which minds up through fine pine forest. There was deep snow in the | + | |
- | forest from about 500 ft. above Chamonix but fortunately people walking down | + | I spent the night in the cellar of the Montenvers |
- | from the Montenvers had plugged a good trail. It was very pretty; one got | + | |
- | frequent | + | |
- | Montenvers is a hotelrestaurant | + | The morning weather was bad so I descended to Chamonix and hitch-hiked |
- | arrived the last train went down, and since the hotel is closed in wintery | + | |
- | The view is, Charmoz to the right, Grand Jorasses straight ahead (2ome | + | The following weekend Fred Mitchell of the M.U.M.C., well known for his exceptionally fast times on New Zealand peaks, came to visit me. He's been bumming around Europe all winter, having given his architect' |
- | distance away) and the Dru to the left, very close and very high. I did | + | |
- | nothing, just looked for an hour or two I was even treated to a fine red | + | |
- | sunset. After sunset the sky clouded over and landscape lost all colour. | + | The Sunday he was here we made an attempt on Taillefer, a magnificent, |
- | In greys and blacks it looked very inhospitable, | + | |
- | crests are incredibly jagged, the walls of rock streaked with grey verglas, the vast fields of deep snow over all the lower slopes and over the Mer de Glace | + | |
- | made things look very desolate. The continual rattle and crash of falling rock echoing around the walls and the frostiness in the air helped the mood. It was so cold I couldn' | + | This trip convinced me - everyone has to learn for himself |
- | on those crage I'dhave been terrified. Presumably it's less scary in summer. | + | |
- | In the last light I raw a party of skiers far out on the Mer de Glace, working down through the nearly invisible crevasses, and I felt very sorry for them; it | + | |
- | would not have been nice out there, racing the darkness. | + | ====ALPINE |
- | I spent the night in the cellar of the Mont envers | + | |
- | for tuitously | + | |
- | (3) | + | The first woman has climbed the Eigerwand; |
- | July, 1965 The Sydney Bushwalker 9. | + | |
- | The morning weather was bad so I descended to Chamonix and hitchhiked | + | |
- | The following weekend Fred Mitchell of the M.U.M.C., well known for his exceptionally fast times on New Zealand peaks, came to visit me. He's been bumming around Europe all winter, having given his architect' | + | The other big Alpine news of the season, very bad news, was the Aiguille Verte disaster. The inquiring commission has just released its report. The fourteen climbers were climbing in line astern up the 40 degree summit cap of the Aiguille Verte about 11.30 a m., having negotiated the long intricate Grands Montets ridge. The surface snow came away with them; it was a windslab. They went 3,000 feet down the north (Argentieres) face - no survivors. There were some very good men amongst them, which is rather frightening as it shows it could happen to anyone. Apparently a windslab can be quite undetectable. There were 9 apprentice guides almost fully qualified and three instructors from the Ecole Nationale de Ski et Alpinisme at Chamonix, plus two others who'd joined the ascent, one of whom was a world ski champion. They were climbing in 7 ropes of two strung out over 100 feet. The entire surface underneath the 7 ropes broke off at once. Counting this accident, there have been between 50 and 60 deaths at Chamonix this season. I'd say the percentage death rate is considerably lower than in New Zealand. The numbers that climb at Chamonix are enormous. In mid-July a trip up the Mar de Glace to the Couvercle hut reminds you of one of those expedition photos showing 600 porters strung out up the Baltoro Glacier. You see great numbers of people going up and coming down to the half dozen huts to which the route lies over the Mar de Glace. |
- | The Sunday he was here we made an attempt on Taillefer, a magnificent, | + | |
- | This trip convinced me everyone has to learn for himself that the only way to climb in winter or spring is on skis. So I started skiing at nearby | + | ====A WEEK IN THE VALLEYS OF KATHMANDU==== |
- | 161....+: | + | |
- | ALPINE | + | |
- | The first woman has climbed the Eigerwand; | + | Dot Butler |
- | 10 The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1965 | + | |
- | Bonnatti is reported to have said that the route is so frightening that, to rest his eyes, he used to look across at the Walker Spur. They were on the face 'four days. | + | |
- | The other big Alpine news of the season, very bad news, was the Aiguille Verte disaster. The inquiring commission has just released its report. The fourteen climbers were climbing in line astern up the 40 degree summit cap of | + | We left Moscow on a bracing Autumn |
- | the Aiguille Verte about 11.30 a m., having negotiated the 7: | + | |
- | off at once. Counting this accident, there have been between 50 and 60 deaths at Chamonix this season. I'd say the percentage death rate is considerably lower than in New Zealand. The numbers that climb at Chamonix are enormous. In mid-July a trip up the Mar de Glace to the Couvercle hut reminds you of one of tbose expedition photos showing 600 porters strung out up the Baltoro Glacier. You see great numbers of people going up and coming down to the half dozen huts to which the route lies over the Mar de Glace. | + | |
- | ARE YOU CONSIDERING A NE"' | + | We flew over the incredibly vast lands of the U.S.S.R. - mountains, plains and deserts where one could wander for years and see something new every day, and then over the equally |
- | SLEEPING BAGS ARE OUR BUSINESS, AND OUR BUSINESS IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY BUYER OF A FAIRY DOT IS ANOTHER FAIRY D07N ENTHUSIAST, AND THEY ARE: | + | |
- | MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT COMPANY 12 Ortona Road, | + | |
- | Lindfield. 461440. 923172. | + | The next few weeks were a kaliediscope of sights, all astonishingly |
- | (Evenings and ' | + | |
- | ? | + | |
- | july, 1965 | + | The climate of Nepal is 4 months |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker 11G | + | 4 months Hot (Feb, Mch, April, May). October to January is the best time for tourists |
- | A 7EEK IN THE VALLEYS OF KAT;IANDU. | + | |
- | Dot Butler. | + | |
- | Te left Moscow on a bracin. Autmn day, with the wind blowing in strong and virile off the steppes- At the Airport was Mr. Krusche? | + | There is very little motor transport in Nepal. Apart from a few government jeeps and 4-wheel-drive |
- | We flew over the incredibly vast lands of the U.S.S.R. - mountains, plains and deserts where one could wander for yeas and see something new | + | |
- | every day, and then over the equally | + | |
- | sacred cows ambling down the streets - rickshaws and huge banyan-type | + | The place is a photographer' |
- | trees. Early next morning, amidst a babble of native noise and a loading | + | |
- | of rice, our plane soared northward to Nepal, | + | |
- | The next few weeks WUTO a kaliediscope of sights, all astcngishingly | + | The Nepalese are small, agile, incredibly strong and hardy people. Natural selection has been at work for centuries and only the extremely hardy survive the dirt and unhygenic conditions everywhere. Mortality rate in the first year of life is very high. The hardy little kids who successfully get through their first year are practically |
- | The climate of Nepal is 4 months | + | |
- | 4 months Dry (Oet.,Nov.,Dec.,Jan.) | + | |
- | 4 months Hot (Feb.,Mch., | + | |
- | 12. The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1965 | + | |
- | There is very little motor transport in Nepal. Apart from a few government jeeps and 4wheeldrive | + | |
- | taxis beloved by Ed. Hillary, most of the getting around the place is done on font. The horse is a rarity. | + | |
- | The place is a photographer' | + | |
- | would mice the ardent gardener | + | |
- | floating waterlillies "Ohm mane pad= hum" " | + | |
- | the Lotus" | + | |
- | where the monkey is as important as the monk. | + | |
- | The Nepalese are small, agile, incredibly strong and hardy people. Natural selection has been at work for centuries and only the extremely hardy survive the dirt and unhygenic conditions everywhere. Mortality rate in the first year of life is very high. The hardy little | + | |
- | kids who successfully get through their first year are practically | + | |
- | "stand on their own legs." i e. be workers. Everyone carries loads; tiny girls (4 or 5) carry the baby brother on their hip; little boys ' | + | |
- | (6 or 8) all working carrying bundles of wood, baskets of clay (for bricks) or soil as much as woull fit in a kerosene tin, quite heavy. Aided by a headstrap, women carry big baskets on their backs, filled with | + | |
- | produce. The men, too, carry huge loads on their backs. In wet weather | + | |
they also carry a woven reed hood, like a sack slit down one side, which fits over the head and back. | they also carry a woven reed hood, like a sack slit down one side, which fits over the head and back. | ||
- | The people are very friendly, | + | |
- | curiosity. They are all eager for new things. Little boys offer to take you around and show you interesting things, then very tactfully ask how much a transistor radio would cost in your beautiful country, and how they won't accept any money but how they would like to own a transistor radio. One bright little rogue of 12 or 14 who attached himself to us goes systematically through all the tourists "I speak five languages, | + | |
+ | The people are very friendly, | ||
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TO BE CONTINUED NEXT MONTH. | TO BE CONTINUED NEXT MONTH. | ||
- | July, 1965 The Sydney Bushwalker 13. | + | |
- | NATURAL HISTORY SOME FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN BEFORE YOU | + | |
- | CAN APRES SKI. | + | ====NATURAL HISTORY |
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B.Gillam. | B.Gillam. | ||
- | There is a type of undulant fever which flares up about May, rages until October and leaves its victims exhausted and panting on the summer beaches, waiting for the first sign of foul weather. To these victims foul weather means the chance of early snow and the heightening of the fever. Really rabid feverees hurry the wasted summer months | + | |
- | with their exercises; deep knee bends, push up, chin ups, even the 5 BX. They chivvy their wives onto a skipping rope. " | + | |
- | The least expensive way to ski is to camp, drive up to the snow | + | There is a type of undulant fever which flares up about May, rages until October and leaves its victims exhausted and panting on the summer beaches, waiting for the first sign of foul weather. To these victims foul weather means the chance of early snow and the heightening of the fever. Really rabid feverees hurry the wasted summer months with their exercises; deep knee bends, push up, chin ups, even the 5 BX. They chivvy their wives onto a skipping rope. Waking |
- | each day and get into your sleeping bag (lilo and hot water bag) straight after tea. There are many advantages in this method. | + | |
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+ | The least expensive way to ski is to camp, drive up to the snow each day and get into your sleeping bag (lilo and hot water bag) straight after tea. There are many advantages in this method. | ||
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1. Transport in a car load is less expensive than the return fare to Blackheath. You can take an immense amount of food. | 1. Transport in a car load is less expensive than the return fare to Blackheath. You can take an immense amount of food. | ||
- | 2. Camping is to an extent | + | |
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+ | 2. Camping is to an extent | ||
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3. The organising of a weekend is far easier. The car owner will, for his own protection provide all the food and check it into the car. This leaves your pack to be filled with extra clothing. And some spare food. | 3. The organising of a weekend is far easier. The car owner will, for his own protection provide all the food and check it into the car. This leaves your pack to be filled with extra clothing. And some spare food. | ||
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The technique of skiing is easily understood but less easily applied. There are only four laws but they are as immutable as any of Newton' | The technique of skiing is easily understood but less easily applied. There are only four laws but they are as immutable as any of Newton' | ||
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1. The seriousness of gravity. This is easily and early demonstrated. | 1. The seriousness of gravity. This is easily and early demonstrated. | ||
- | 2. Skis are, on average, seven feet long and cannot be jumped off, stood upon or ignored with impunity. If you feel that it is necessary to ease the frustration by taking them off, undo the binding and not the laces. The person who comes home with a ski on his shoulders and a parka on his font buys drinks all round. | + | |
- | 14. The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1965 | + | |
+ | 2. Skis are, on average, seven feet long and cannot be jumped off, stood upon or ignored with impunity. If you feel that it is necessary to ease the frustration by taking them off, undo the binding and not the laces. The person who comes home with a ski on his shoulders and a parka on his foot buys drinks all round. | ||
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3. Snow, and this is only a generality, is more yielding than trees or rocks. | 3. Snow, and this is only a generality, is more yielding than trees or rocks. | ||
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4. Your left foot is designed to bend properly only when it is on the left hand side of your body and your right foot when it is on its home territory. Anatomy and skiing are not necessarily contradictory but this is your left side and this is your right side. | 4. Your left foot is designed to bend properly only when it is on the left hand side of your body and your right foot when it is on its home territory. Anatomy and skiing are not necessarily contradictory but this is your left side and this is your right side. | ||
- | The week before the lifts started I was to go with three mates. One thought he might break a leg and wouldn' | + | |
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+ | The week before the lifts started I was to go with three mates. One thought he might break a leg and wouldn' | ||
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Later, at Smiggins, we watched a pro. giving, in body English, a lesson to his class. On the white asphalt the pupils could neither stand, etc. My pupils hilariously recognised their own faults and the dire results. | Later, at Smiggins, we watched a pro. giving, in body English, a lesson to his class. On the white asphalt the pupils could neither stand, etc. My pupils hilariously recognised their own faults and the dire results. | ||
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"His track is too wide. Oh, oh, oh. I thought he would split." | "His track is too wide. Oh, oh, oh. I thought he would split." | ||
"You don't snow plough like that. He is bowing. Knees closer. His edges won't grip. He won't stop. He can't stop. He ca.... He fell downhill to make it worse." | "You don't snow plough like that. He is bowing. Knees closer. His edges won't grip. He won't stop. He can't stop. He ca.... He fell downhill to make it worse." | ||
- | "Thera is your style, Les. The constipated crouch. That's a beautiful parka. Oops, too far forward. Wow. Too far badk. No control at all." | + | "There is your style, Les. The constipated crouch. That's a beautiful parka. Oops, too far forward. Wow. Too far badk. No control at all." |
- | The bonoculars were passed from hand to hand. At arms length the | + | |
- | tired faces grimaced, the jangled limbs shook. Effortlessly the pro. kick- turned and demonstrated again. The pupils crossed their skis. The pro. called it a day. Tired pupils trooped past the car on their way to the sauna baths, the plates of hors-d' | + | |
- | Te drove down the mountain to our own apres ski such as it was. And the long drive home. | + | The bonoculars were passed from hand to hand. At arms length the tired faces grimaced, the jangled limbs shook. Effortlessly the pro. kick- turned and demonstrated again. The pupils crossed their skis. The pro. called it a day. Tired pupils trooped past the car on their way to the sauna baths, the plates of hors-d' |
- | July, 1965 The Sydney Bushwalker 15. | + | |
- | ,Imm..m dmwml wmmwylminmwr..---..mmww..mrmmmmmrr, | + | |
- | FEDERATION | + | We drove down the mountain to our own apres ski such as it was. And the long drive home. |
- | "The Bushwalker Annual" | + | |
- | Annual had been printed and was ready for distribution. This has been done and sales are brisk. | + | |
- | Search and Rescue Practice. 16th-18th | + | ====FEDERATION |
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+ | =="The Bushwalker Annual" | ||
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+ | At the date of the Federation Meeting, the Annual had been printed and was ready for distribution. This has been done and sales are brisk. | ||
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+ | ==Search and Rescue Practice== | ||
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+ | 16th-18th | ||
the top of the hill above the camp site. At least 6 parties are to be rescued. | the top of the hill above the camp site. At least 6 parties are to be rescued. | ||
- | Queensland Federation of Bushwalking Clubs. As there are now 7 walking clubs in Queensland, a Federation is being formed. | + | |
- | Tracks and Sassafras, open. The marked. A Falls Crk. | + | |
- | Access. | + | ==Queensland Federation of Bushwalking Clubs== |
- | The track down the Middle Blue Dog Range has been marked. | + | |
- | Conservation. Reserve No. R52670 known as Linden Park comprising | + | As there are now 7 walking clubs in Queensland, a Federation is being formed. |
- | 50 acres has been added to the Blue Mountains National Park. It is | + | |
- | located at the Northern side of the restern | + | |
- | An area of 66,000 acres in the Tallangambie | + | ==Tracks and Access== |
- | will be added to the Park. The Erskine Crk. State Forest is to be added, also. The Park Trust to mark the junction of Linden | + | |
- | starts from the Grose, by signposts. Another sign is proposed for Blue Gum Forest to read " | + | The track from the new Sawmill, 9 miles South from Sassafras, |
- | The propossd | + | |
- | Fencing and Burning Off on Crown Leases Near Corang Trig. As instructed | + | |
- | by the June General Meeting, this matter was placed before Federation. | + | ==Conservation== |
- | During discussion, it was stated that a number of Crown Land Leases had been granted in the area during the past 3 years. The lessee | + | |
- | suggested that this Club should conduct any investigation it felt | + | Reserve No. R52670 known as Linden Park comprising 50 acres has been added to the Blue Mountains National Park. It is located at the Northern side of the Western |
- | was necessary and report to Federation, which could not undertake the | + | starts from the Grose, by signposts. Another sign is proposed for Blue Gum Forest to read " |
- | inquiry owing to the pressure of work on the depleted executive. | + | |
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+ | ==Fencing and Burning Off on Crown Leases Near Corang Trig== | ||
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+ | As instructed by the June General Meeting, this matter was placed before Federation. During discussion, it was stated that a number of Crown Land Leases had been granted in the area during the past 3 years. The lessee | ||
+ | was necessary and report to Federation, which could not undertake the inquiry owing to the pressure of work on the depleted executive. | ||
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16. The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1965 | 16. The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1965 | ||
DAY 7ALKS. | DAY 7ALKS. |
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