Western Arthurs Traverse - 5 - 15 January 2008
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Day 7 - 11 th January - Promontory Lake - The Phoenix - Centaurus Ridge - West Portal
Above - Chuin Nee on the way to The Phoenix
Above - John on the top of the Phoenix surveys the route ahead
Above - Crags on the Phoenix
Above - John hangs out on the cantilever rock
Above - From Centaurus Ridge - At 10:30 am we spot this small bushfire
on the side of West Portal - all that seems to be now burning is a
smouldering log or perhaps some peat
Above - Approaching West Portal saddle
Above - We stop for elevenses just before the saddle
Above - 11:13 am - the fire seems to have picked up a bit! Still - it doesn't look too bad.....
Above - In the saddle before West Portal
Above - As we climbed West Portal - we could't see the fire for a while
- until the track went more around the right side - then at 11:43 am -
we saw the fire had grown considerably - and now looked very dangerous
indeed.
Above - the fire was burning towards Glovers Pass - and it was just off
West Portal. We decide it would be safer to return towards Prom Lake
Above - Looking west
Above - On the way back to the saddle near West Portal
Above - Looking back to the fire. Some bad weather is approaching from the south west
Above - Looking to West Portal
Above - Chuin Nee - In rain and cold wind we made our way back along Centaurus Ridge
Above - Chuin Nee on Centaurus Ridge
Above - Looking down to the saddle between Centaurus Ridge and the
Phoenix. This saddle offers some shelter and there is water down the
valley a bit - so we camped. It was very windy during the night - but the
tents stood up OK
Continue to Day 8 - 11
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