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- | ===== Social Notes For NOvember. ===== | + | ===== Social Notes For November. ===== |
- | by Jo Van Samaers. | + | by Jo Van Sommers. |
=== November 17*. === | === November 17*. === | ||
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- | Page 13 TEE SYDNEY' | + | ===== So-So Snow, So What? ===== |
- | SO-S0 SNOW, SO WHAT? | + | |
- | A week of cross-country ski touring had been a wish of mine since a few day trips four or five years ago. The dream was realised,when JQ van Sommers asked me to join a small group led by Jim Percy fnan 21st to 26th August. The party of five was completed by my son of 19, Anton Gillezeau, and Barrie | + | by Ainslie Morris. |
- | Inspiration was gained from Craig Austin' | + | |
- | sunsets on the Snowys, and David Rostron' | + | A week of cross-country ski touring had been a wish of mine since a few day trips four or five years ago. The dream was realised when Jo van Sommers asked me to join a small group led by Jim Percy from 21st to 28th August. The party of five was completed by my son of 19, Anton Gillezeau, and Barrie |
- | food is similar to that for a week of walking, I found I had to br.:14g .a | + | |
- | considerable amount of survival clothing, and gear sucki as a bivvy bag. | + | Inspiration was gained from Craig Austin' |
- | Anton and I also needed to hire a snow tent and two sleeping bags from Norski, where we hired two pairs of skis and boots (at a total cost of $132), Barrie hired his skis from Paddy Pallin' | + | |
- | Barrie met us at Sawpit Creek camping area after a week of downhill skiing, which gave him the edge on us as evidenced by some nice telemarks displayed on our practios | + | Barrie met us at Sawpit Creek camping area after a week of downhill skiing, which gave him the edge on us as evidenced by some nice telemarks displayed on our practice |
- | On Monday we took the Horse Camp turnoff and the aqueduct track on the | + | |
- | west side of Mun, | + | On Monday we took the Horse Camp turnoff and the aqueduct track on the west side of Munyang |
- | This made it slow going after our second camp at the weather station at | + | |
- | 1,739 metres, this time on snow. A groundsheet is essential to prevent wet edges to sleeping bags. It was here that Barrie was sick, so the Tuesday was made more difficult for him by lack of snow along the Valentine' | + | This made it slow going after our second camp at the weather station at 1,739 metres, this time on snow. A groundsheet is essential to prevent wet edges to sleeping bags. It was here that Barrie was sick, so the Tuesday was made more difficult for him by lack of snow along the Valentine' |
- | By the way, if you see a flannel flower glinting on a rock in Valentiae Falls, | + | |
- | it's the membership badge on Jim's hat which a gust whipped off and, of course, | + | We made our usual 10 o' |
- | it went straight into the fast-flowing creek. | + | |
- | We made our usual 10:o' | + | Now off the Mt.Kosciusko 1:50,000 sheet and heading north on the Khancoban sheet, and after only about 15 km it was Wednesday. However, with Barrie much better as well as the snow cover, we felt we could still make Mount Jagungal if we added a day to make it six and a half days out. |
- | squealing, | + | |
- | had read the sign printed on the cupboard "BEWARE THE FIRE AND THE R. The rat? Did the writer run out of ink before adding the essentia1,11S"? Over a hole was printed "FEARLESS THE RAT", a character doubtless well-known to veteran ski tourers in the club. Jim shone his torch in Fearless | + | |
- | staring wrathfully, and Fearless twitched his/her whiskers and stared right back. | + | |
- | Now off the Mt.Kosciusko 1:50,000 sheet and heading north on the Khancoban sheet, and after only about 15 km it was Wednesday. However, with Barrie much better as well as the snow cover, we felt we could .still | + | |
- | make Mount Jagungal if we added a day to make it six and a half days out. | + | |
- | by Ains-lie Morris. | + | |
- | Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER October, | + | |
Although another party had advised us that the best snow in the mountains was on the Grey Mare Range, we decided on a quicker route east to Mawson' | Although another party had advised us that the best snow in the mountains was on the Grey Mare Range, we decided on a quicker route east to Mawson' | ||
- | group of lads beat us to the hut by a few minutes, so we headed off | + | |
- | Ed-ter | + | A group of lads beat us to the hut by a few minutes, so we headed off after lunch north to Tarn Bluff, and weren' |
- | Yet another perfect day of sunshine on Thursday gave us an easy | + | |
- | ten kilometres return to Mt. Jagungall | + | Yet another perfect day of sunshine on Thursday gave us an easy ten kilometres return to Mt. Jagungal, |
- | Plodded up and tumbled down, but all worth the great views across to | + | |
- | north to the soft blue of Round Mountain, and far away the white peak Victorian Alps. | + | We headed for Tin Hut on Friday, on sparse snow in Valentine' |
- | We headed for Tin Hut on Friday, on sparse snow in Valentine' | + | |
- | grass. But up here on the Brassys the snow cover gave us good skiing, and Jo and Anton had to chip through thick ice to get water in Finn's Creek. | + | Undaunted by memories of Fearless, we settled into Tin Hut for our last night. Our extra night out gave Barrie' |
- | Undaunted by memories of Fearless, we settled into Tin Hut for our last night. Our extra night out gave Barrie' | + | |
- | . candles out suggested that we'd been followed. Jo read the hut visitors' | + | Off to our usual late start on Saturday on rapidly softening crusty snow up Gungartan for a great view north to Jagungal, southwest to the Main Range all white, and south to nearby Disappointment Ridge, all clothed in green. So after some discussion, we wended through the trees dawn to Gungartan Pass for some fun slides. After Schlink Pass we expected to run out of snow, but by taking the aqueduct track on the eastern side of the Munyang we had so-so snow to within a kilometre or two of the Power Station. |
- | book out to us next morning. Other pasties | + | |
- | cRriped | + | So, no snow? So what! It was a great week of a new sport, bush-touring. Or is it ski-walking? |
- | Off to our usual late start on Saturday on rapidly softening crusty snow up Gungartan for a great view north to Jagungal, southwest to the Main Range all white, and south to nearby Disappointment Ridge, all clothed in green. So after some discussion, we wended through the trees dawn to Gungartan Pass | + | |
- | for some fun slides. After Schlink Pass we expected to run out of snow, but by taking the aqueduct track on the eastern side of the Munyang we had so-so snow to within a kilometre or two of the Power Station. | + | P.S. - For the statistically inclined, precipitation figures are: For Thredbo 1648 mm annual average (since 1966), August being the wettest month with 124 mm average. In 1982 at nearby |
- | So, no snow? So what: It was a great week of a new sport, bush-,_ touring. Or is it ski-walking? | + | |
- | P.S. - For the statistically inclined, precipitation figures are: For Thredbo 1648 mm annual average (since 1966), August being the wettest month with 124 mm ay. In 1982 at nearby | + | ---- |
- | day trip, easy? Kosciusko, | + | |
- | s of the | + | |
- | rage THE SYDNEY =WALKER October 1982 | + | |
MT. KINA3ALU - August 1982. | MT. KINA3ALU - August 1982. | ||
by Brian Holden? | by Brian Holden? |
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