Central Plateau Walk - Tasmania - December - 1980
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This was walk with Ron Levy, Nick Melhuish and Karen Hayman
Page 3 - Du Cane Range Traverse - Labyrinth - Geryon North Peak -
Mt Massif - Falling Mountain - Pine Valley
Above - Lake Ophion - The Labyrinth. We got up early from Pine Valley
to do a long daytrip out to the North Peak of the Geryon
Above - The Geryon - still shrounded in mist - would it clear?
Above - Nick photographing
Above - We waited - and the mist started to clear.
Above - Ron and Nick waiting for the mist to clear. To keep warm we lit
a small fire. The wait of an hour or two was worthwhile - the mist did
slowly clear.
Above - Nick and Ron on the dolerite boulders approaching the Geryon
Above - Ron scrambling in the mist
Above - Scrambling up the North Peak of the Geryon. In the mist we lost
the normal route and went up a much more exposed way. But it was misty
and the exposure did not worry us too much.
Above - Looking along the Geryon - the middle peak (the Foresight) and
the South Peak
Above - Pinnacles on the Acropolis
Above - The Acropolis
Above - Ron the summit
Above - Ron admiring the view
Above - Nick looking towards the Labyrinth
Above - Looking north to Mt Ossa and Mt Massif
Above - With the weather improving, I left the others on the summit -
and headed out by myself to traverse the rest of the Du Cane Range to
Falling Mountain via Big Gun Pass and Mt Massif. With only a daypack I
could move very fast on the big dolerite boulders along the range.
Above - Big Gun Pass and Mt Massif
Above - Cushion Plants of Mt Massif
Above - The Du Cane Range near Mt Massif - looking towards Cathedral
Mountain
Above - The Acropolis and the Geryon
Above - Looking back to Mt Massif from Falling Mountain. Mt Ossa on the
right
Above - The Acropolis and the Geryon from Falling Mountain
Above - Looking to the Traveller Range from Falling Mountain.
I descended to Du Cane Gap - and then had a brisk walk down to Windy
Ridge and to Pine Valley. I got back to the others around 7:30pm
Continue to Page 4 - The Acropolis -
Lake St Clair - Cuvier Valley
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