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 +=====A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To Kala Pattar! - Part 2.=====
  
-A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO KALA PATTARI  
-PART 2, 
 by Gordon Lee. by Gordon Lee.
 +
 Chest infections, necessitating anti-biotics delayed us half a day at Panghoche but we enjoyed the rest. Forgot to mention that Lin also paid off her porter at Tenghoche so we were both "going it alone". Chest infections, necessitating anti-biotics delayed us half a day at Panghoche but we enjoyed the rest. Forgot to mention that Lin also paid off her porter at Tenghoche so we were both "going it alone".
-From Tenghoche the landscape is dominated by Khantega and Thamserku, two quite awesome peaks, but as you approach Panghoche Ama Dablam leaves no doubt in the mind why the Sherpas revere this as the sacred mountain. + 
-Sherpa Mother they call it and will not allow it to be cliMbed. As you +From Tenghoche the landscape is dominated by Khantega and Thamserku, two quite awesome peaks, but as you approach Panghoche Ama Dablam leaves no doubt in the mind why the Sherpas revere this as the sacred mountain. Sherpa Mother they call it and will not allow it to be climbed. As you near it and pass it, the everchanging aspect of this ice-corniced tooth of rock draws your attention with irresistible magnetism. 
-near it and pass it, the everchanging aspe6t of this ice-corniced tooth of rock draws your attention with irresistible magnetism.+
 Periche, that tiny village cradled in the hollow of a giant palm, the fingers of Ama Dablam, Towoche, Khantega, Thamserku and Awi rending the azure above, but these, like figurines on the hand of a puppeteer look down benignly, smiling on the tiny mortals whom they have allowed to occupy this portion of the Khumbu Valley. Periche, that tiny village cradled in the hollow of a giant palm, the fingers of Ama Dablam, Towoche, Khantega, Thamserku and Awi rending the azure above, but these, like figurines on the hand of a puppeteer look down benignly, smiling on the tiny mortals whom they have allowed to occupy this portion of the Khumbu Valley.
-We had been lucky so far. The altitude demon had let us off lightly. We had been wary however, for it does not pay to disregard him. A number of trekkers have already paid the penalty. One Japanese died while we were there. However except for leaden feet and a little shortage of + 
-breath things were fairly normal. By the time we reached Periche we +We had been lucky so far. The altitude demon had let us off lightly. We had been wary however, for it does not pay to disregard him. A number of trekkers have already paid the penalty. One Japanese died while we were there. However except for leaden feet and a little shortage of breath things were fairly normal. By the time we reached Periche we had climbed to 16,000'. Periche was at 14,000' and temperatures had dropped correspondingly. To go out in the middle of the night to seek relief was quite an experience. 
-had climbed to 16,000'. Periche was at 14,000' and temperatures had + 
-dropped correspondingly. To go out in the middle of the night to seek +At Loboche, the Tea Man not being present, there was only one hut that could be used. A small, windowless, doorless (it had a doorway and window openings) stone structure. And we were not alone. Nine bodies had to be accommodated. When you have to share accommodation with Sherpa guides and porters whose idea of water is something either to walk over, drink or make tea with; wear the same boots and sox unchanged and unwashed for God knows how long, and the same clothes; and you are forced of necessity to sleep head to foot with one of these, or they roll across or over you during the night or they and others emit strange sounds, gurgles, snores, coughs and grunts during the night; then, dear reader, you may well imagine the comfort of some of the nights left something to be desired. 
-relief was quite an experience. + 
-At Loboche, the Tea Man not being present, there was only one hut that could be used. A small, windowless, doorless (it had a doorway and window openings) stone structure. And we were not clone. Nine bodies had to be accommodated. nen you have to share accommodation with Sherpa guides and porters whose idea of water is something either to walk over, drink or make tea with wear the same boots and sox unchanged and +We stepped out into crisp, frosty air and clear skies at 7.30 a.m. Prospects certainly looked good. Up the Khumbu, turned on to the base of the glacier, then along it till the glacial, frozen lake above Gorok Shep is reached. Unbeknown to us at the time the lake spilled over a "waterfall" - all was frozen, of course - to the glacier below, many feet below, and tracks crossed just as the edge of the fall. Our guide (for such we had at the time - another story) wisely took us some distance further up, dusted the surface with sandy gravel, for the surface was like glass and twice as slippery, and crossed there. 
-unwashed for God knows how long, and the same clothes; and you are forced of necessity to sleep head to foot with one of these, or they roll across or over you during the night or they and others emit, strange sounds, + 
-gurgles, snores, coughs and grunts during the night then, dear reader, +From above the lake, before we descended, we could see the two stone huts of Gorak Shep alongside the glacier, the icefall and the black-looking patch of boulders known as Base Camp at the foot of the icefall. 
-you may well imagine the comfort of some of the nights left something to be desired. + 
-We stepped out into crisp, frosty air and clear skies at 7.30 a m. Prospects certainly looked good. Up the Khumbu, turned on to the base of the glacier, then along it till the glacial, frozen lake above Gorok +Since the trek is known as Everest Base Camp some may have been wondering what the hell is all this bit about Kala Pattar. Kala Pattar or "Black Rock" is a bare stony ridge that runs off Pomari, one of the lesser peaks in the area. It is 18,000 high, is close to Gorak Shep and is the one high point which affords good views of the Everest massif. So we climbed it rather than going to Base Camp. 
-Shep is reached. Unbeknown to us at the time the lake spilled over a "waterfall" - all was frozen, of course - to the glacier below, many + 
-feet below, and tracks crossed just as the edge of the fall. Our guide (for such we had at the time - another story) wisely took us some distance further up, dusted the surface with sandy gravel, for the surface was +The magnificent grandeur was overwhelming. There they were - Nuptse, Lhotse and Sagaramatha. We stayed up on the Rock for 1 1/2 hours in a piercing cold wind and some snow. But high cloud was blowing over and Saganamatha, like a modest Moslem lady, refused to lift her veil and reveal her face. 
-like glass and twice as slippery, and crossed there. +
-From above the lake, before we descended, we could see the two stone +
-Page 1 7. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Octio121976. +
-huts of Gorak Shep alongside the glacier, the icefall and the black looking patch of boulders known as Base Camp at the foot of the icefall. +
-Since the trek is known as Everest Base Camp some may have been wondering what the hell is all this bit about Kala Patter. Kala Pattar or "Black Rock" is a bare stony ridge that runs off Pomari, one of the lesser peaks in the area. It is 189000 high, is close to Gorak Shep and is the one high point which affords good views of the Everest massif. So we climbed it rather than going to Base Camp. +
-The magnificent grandeur was overwhelming. There they were Nuptse, Lhotse and Sagaramatha. We stayed up on the Rock for 1i-hours in a piercing cold wind and some snow. But high cloud was blowing over and Saga4amatha9 like a modest Moslem lady, refused to lift her veil and reveal her face.+
 Disappointed though we were the quest had not been in vain, for Everest is only one mountain among many and its main claim is its height. So the hazards had gotten the better of us and we had to admit defeat. Disappointed though we were the quest had not been in vain, for Everest is only one mountain among many and its main claim is its height. So the hazards had gotten the better of us and we had to admit defeat.
-************* + 
-The 5.8.W. Epicurians are going Lebanese again +---- 
-for their premeeting dinner in November (Wednesday 10th.)/ + 
-Venue is a Lebanese restaurant called "Dmascus Hut" and is located on the Pacific Highway (number 18) at St. Leonards. You will find it a little north of St Leonards railway station, +====S.B.W. Epicurians.==== 
-Gather there at 6.00 p m. Everybody is welcome. Contact Peter Miller (home telephone 95-2689) if you would like further details, + 
-'Page 18. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICR October, 1976. +The S.B.W. Epicurians are going Lebanese again for their pre-meeting dinner in November (Wednesday 10th.) 
-BUSHWALKER BOB. + 
-41122La_t_L92.21116.2ittit! +Venue is a Lebanese restaurant called "Dmascus Hut" and is located on the Pacific Highway (number 18) at St. Leonards. You will find it a little north of St Leonards railway station. 
- 2r.2 2'1/2 + 
- cliy; + 2c1 o2JR 44 Cap& al' +Gather there at 6.00 p.m. Everybody is welcome. Contact Peter Miller (home telephone 95-2689) if you would like further details. 
-doesn rt help me get this fire started! + 
-00000000000000 +---- 
-WALK NOTES FOR NOVEMBER + 
-by Len Newland. (Phone 43,2419 (B). TEST WALKS +====Bushwalker Bob.==== 
-Patrick McBridets test walk, formerly advertised for October 22923,24 is now to be done on November 596,7. A solid test walk varying from the low points of the Clyde River to the high points of Folly Point, Et. Cole and Mt. Tarn (in the Budawangs). + 
-The same weekend contains a one-day test walk led. by Joe Marton on November 7th. This is the Bundeena-Otford coastal walk. +[Cartoon or one bushwalker blowing onto a smokey pile of sticks, another reading from a book titled "Carbon Chemistry" by F. Bug.] 
-A hard walk which qualifies as better than test standard is to be held on November 19,20921. This is a rugged trip in a rugged area which is on the cards for a future national park. Peter Harris heads from Mt.Moogarilla to Razor Back Creek, Mt. Bakar, Mt Kerr:7 and Black:water Creek Canyon. + 
-"I don't care if E +"__I__ don't care if E = {c.2~4.H#.dr + 2c3c2~42d + c2~f42H42dr} / {c2~4#.dr + 2c.c2#41.42.dr + c2!42.dr}. That doesn't help me get the fire started!" 
-That + 
-Page 19. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER October, 1976. +---- 
-TEST WALKS (cont.) + 
 +=====Walk Notes For November.===== 
 + 
 +by Len Newland. Phone 43,2419 (B). 
 + 
 +===Test Walks.=== 
 + 
 +Patrick McBride's test walk, formerly advertised for October 22,23,24 is now to be done on November 5,6,7. A solid test walk varying from the low points of the Clyde River to the high points of Folly Point, Mt. Cole and Mt. Tarn (in the Budawangs). 
 + 
 +The same weekend contains a one-day test walk led by Joe Marton on November 7th. This is the Bundeena-Otford coastal walk. 
 + 
 +A hard walk which qualifies as better than test standard is to be held on November 19,20,21. This is a rugged trip in a rugged area which is on the cards for a future national park. Peter Harris heads from Mt. Moogarilla to Razor Back Creek, Mt. Baker, Mt Kerry and Blackwater Creek Canyon. 
 The last test walk for this month is my own excursion dawn the Wolgan and back up the Capertee from and to Newnes. Date is November 26/27/28. The last test walk for this month is my own excursion dawn the Wolgan and back up the Capertee from and to Newnes. Date is November 26/27/28.
-WEEKEND WALKS. + 
-Beecroft Peninsula (Jervis Bay) is to be visited on November 596,7 +===Weekend Walks.=== 
-by Jim Vatiliotis. Join him for a4 eaby weekend in good company and good bush. + 
-On the following weekend, 12913 14, Helen Gray has a lilo trip - another mystery destination. +Beecroft Peninsula (Jervis Bay) is to be visited on November 5,6,7 by Jim Vatiliotis. Join him for an easy weekend in good company and good bush. 
-The weekend November 19,209219 in addition td Peter Harris hard walk, there is another weekend trip to Bungonia Gorge. Peter Miller is the master here. + 
-The Budowangs is the destination of Tony Denham on 269279289 but I don't know whether his route is unknown, or secret, or exploratory, or whether he is searching for new morning tea sites. Ask him. +On the following weekend, 12,13,14, Helen Gray has a lilo trip - another mystery destination. 
-DAY WALKS. + 
 +The weekend November 19,20,21, in addition to Peter Harris' hard walk, there is another weekend trip to Bungonia Gorge. Peter Miller is the master here. 
 + 
 +The Budowangs is the destination of Tony Denham on 26,27,28, but I don't know whether his route is unknown, or secret, or exploratory, or whether he is searching for new morning tea sites. Ask him. 
 + 
 +===Day Walks.=== 
 On November 7th, Mary Braithwaite leads from West Head to Mackerel Beach and The Basin. On November 7th, Mary Braithwaite leads from West Head to Mackerel Beach and The Basin.
-The following Sunday, you have two possibilities: firstly, Evans Lookout to Blackwall Glen and Grand Canyon in the Grose Valley, led by Victor Lewin secondly, Lilyvale to Bundeena and the Coastal Track, with Roy Braithwaite.+ 
 +The following Sunday, you have two possibilities: firstly, Evans Lookout to Blackwall Glen and Grand Canyon in the Grose Valley, led by Victor Lewin; secondly, Lilyvale to Bundeena and the Coastal Track, with Roy Braithwaite. 
 Sunday 21st, and again from Lilyvale, this time to Burning Palms and the Palm Jungle, led by your magazine typist, Kath Brown. Sunday 21st, and again from Lilyvale, this time to Burning Palms and the Palm Jungle, led by your magazine typist, Kath Brown.
 +
 Finally for this month, Waterfall via Kangaroo Creek to Karla Pool with swimming. The leader is Sheila Binns, and incidentally, I am intending a similar expedition myself in February. Finally for this month, Waterfall via Kangaroo Creek to Karla Pool with swimming. The leader is Sheila Binns, and incidentally, I am intending a similar expedition myself in February.
-WHAT DO YOU THINK? + 
-At the October General Meeting a site for the ClUb's 50th Anniversary Dinner (in October 1977) was discussed.+---- 
 + 
 +====What Do You Think?==== 
 + 
 +At the October General Meeting a site for the Club's 50th Anniversary Dinner (in October 1977) was discussed. 
 It was resolved to seek the opinions of members as to a sultable place and to reach a decision at the November meeting. It was resolved to seek the opinions of members as to a sultable place and to reach a decision at the November meeting.
 +
 If you intend to attend the dinner and have any suggestions, please let the Committee know before the November General Meeting. If you intend to attend the dinner and have any suggestions, please let the Committee know before the November General Meeting.
-000000M000000 + 
-Page' 20. THE SYDNEY-BUSHWALKER October 1976. +---- 
-Extract from the "Sydney Morning Herald" + 
-"PM CHAMPIONS CAUSE OF TRAIL-BIKE RIDERS" +====="PM Champions Cause Of Trail-Bike Riders."===== 
-The Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, appeared ace + 
-champion of trail-bike riders before a parliamentary committee yesterday. +===Extract from the "Sydney Morning Herald"=== 
-The House of Representatives Committee on the Environment and Conservation is enquiring info the impact of off-road vehicles on the environmentl, + 
-Mr. Fraser 'appeared at his own request and said areas should be set aside for two-wheel and four-wheel off-road vehicles, and that they should be as accessible as possible.+The Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, appeared as a champion of trail-bike riders before a parliamentary committee yesterday. 
 + 
 +The House of Representatives Committee on the Environment and Conservation is enquiring into the impact of off-road vehicles on the environment. 
 + 
 +Mr. Fraser appeared at his own request and said areas should be set aside for two-wheel and four-wheel off-road vehicles, and that they should be as accessible as possible. 
 Trail bike riding was "infinitely preferable to burning up the asphalt with high-speed motor bikes on which people get killed", he said. Trail bike riding was "infinitely preferable to burning up the asphalt with high-speed motor bikes on which people get killed", he said.
 +
 He criticised the Victorian legislation for the control of off-road vehicles. There, all Crown lands are out of bounds to off-road vehicles unless they are specifically designated for their use. He criticised the Victorian legislation for the control of off-road vehicles. There, all Crown lands are out of bounds to off-road vehicles unless they are specifically designated for their use.
 +
 The trouble with the legislation was that it implied that trail bike riding was bad and it should be prohibited, Mr. Fraser said. The trouble with the legislation was that it implied that trail bike riding was bad and it should be prohibited, Mr. Fraser said.
 +
 "That is the underlying assumption", he said. "I think it is starting from the wrong end." "That is the underlying assumption", he said. "I think it is starting from the wrong end."
 +
 Mr. B. Simon (Lib. Vic) said there was a cost factor in the enforcement of controls over the bikes. Mr. B. Simon (Lib. Vic) said there was a cost factor in the enforcement of controls over the bikes.
 +
 "Would you, agree that the 'user pays' principle should be applied?" he asked the Prime Minister. "Would you, agree that the 'user pays' principle should be applied?" he asked the Prime Minister.
-Mr. Fraser said he would :think that the user paid by paying the normal registration. 
-********** 
  
 +Mr. Fraser said he would think that the user paid by paying the normal registration.
 +
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