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Frenchmans Cap 2003 (Mar) 2007 (Jan)

Frenchmans Cap   March 2003, Jan 2007.

The first two times I climbed this mountain were in 2003 with a cheap film camera (the photos here), and in 2007, when the weather was so bad there was little point in taking photos. Both times we began from the carpark after lunch, went as far as Vera the first night, climbed up and down from there the next day, and were out by lunchtime on the third.
Here is a tiny selection of shots, not because they are anything at all, but only to keep the photographic record complete. I obviously need to climb this a third time, with my decent camera!! (Post script. I have now climbed it several more times.
See www.natureloverswalks.com/clytemnestra/

 
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South Coast Track 2002 Apr

South Coast Track, 20 years later     1-4 April, 2002

This was 25 hours’ walking, spread over three and a half days. That was WAY too quick. I was sometimes so exhausted I would sleep on my pack in breaks. As any who have done it will know, the most tiring aspect was the thick mud – negotiating a way around it, and, worse, trying to pull oneself out of it while it did its level best you suck you in and under!! My muscles at the time were only geared for running, not this kind of heavy walking; I found it very difficult.
The beaches were grand, nonetheless. Next time I would take at least six days.
(Images taken from prints)


(Me on the left)
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Pelion West 2000 Feb

Pelion East and West   Feb 2000

Food stop on the way in to Pelion Hut. We climbed Pelion East that night in the gloaming. (No pics. I ran it from the hut).

Next day we set out for Pelion West (packs parked at Pelion Hut).

Below are summit shots
Happy on top
lunch … then out. 
For the sake of being thorough, I am trying to put in a photo of as many of the peaks I’ve summited.
On 12-13 Feb, 2000, we climbed Pelion East on the Saturday, having come in via the Arm River Track, and then Pelion West on the Sunday, before going back out. I ran up Pelion East from Pelion Hut, so didn’t take a camera, which I have always regretted, as the mountain was swathed in wonderful, atmospheric mist.
The photos above are taken from prints, as I didn’t go digital until 2004.
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Walls of Jerusalem 1998 Solomons Throne

Walls of Jerusalem 1998 – Solomon’s Throne, sunrise.

As said elsewhere, the Walls area has been our playground ever since we moved here. Several times we’ve climbed Solomon’s throne in the dark and then sat at the top and waited for sunrise. This is a shot from one such adventure.
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Ossa 1990, Oakleigh

Mt Ossa, Mt Oakley   3-4 Nov 1990

The 1990 summitting was the second time we’d been up Ossa. We had fabulous fun climbing in the snow on a glorious day. I am looking back on this day from a big distance (it is now 2017). I am so proud of my children for doing this climb in the snow.
 

 

 

 

summit

descending

The children took 60 mins from Pelion Gap to the summit, 50 down. The next day, on our way out, we climbed Oakley.
The third time I climbed Ossa was in 1998, when I was a runner, and for training ran up from Pelion gap in 36 mins to the top plateau; 30 mins down. Those were the days.