3 days left before Arthurs trip, what have I forgotten??

[melinda]

Glad you got home ok Pazzar!
Gee if I had known what was in front of me I would have loaded you down with a heap more food!!!!
When we came down Morraine K we crossed both 2 Mile and 7 Mile creeks. Don't know how you got across either of them!
I guess this photo more of less typifies the weather we had for most of our trip!
Still totally in awe of the place!

[north-north-west]

Hi whynotwalk,
Rope for pack hauling is part of the group gear!
I seem to have so much!!!!!
Maybe I need to ask in another post 'What do I have that I don't need????????'
I so understand when people say,

...jealous (wish I could come)

I guess we all frequently feel like that when we hear about the great things that other people are doing.
Not really jealous, more like, '....me too, me too!'
Gee, I even get upset when I can't be on two great walks at the same time!

Packhauling? There's nothing on the main track you can't climb with the pack on, except for the hole in the boulders near the top of Pegasus.

[melinda]

Hi north-north-west,
How did your trip go, how was the weather.....
We did use the rope to pack haul a couple of times.
(We ended up carrying 2 weeks worth of food.)
Melinda

[north-north-west]

It was OK. Weather was Tasmanian. I was lucky in that I had five weeks down there, so I could delay for a while and pick my time to head in, and also not worry about getting weathered in for a day or two. I had a bit of everything except snow in the WArthurs, but I'd already had a fair of bit of it elsewhere, so that's OK.

[melinda]

5 weeks must have been awesome. We tried to sit the weather out but it had other plans for us. What else did you do???

[pazzar]

Was the rope I left at Seven Mile Creek still there? It may have been washed away

[melinda]

Hi Pazzar,
When we came down off Morraine K we took the shortcut so didn't cross 7 mile creek down on Mckays track.
Melinda

[north-north-west]

pazzar:
I didn't see a rope at 7 Mile, but there are a lot of braided pads through there and could have missed your spot. Exactly where did you leave it.

[pazzar]

On the western side of the creek, upstream from where you would traditionally cross. There was evidence of a rope near where the creeks meet.

[north-north-west]

Hang on a minute, do you mean a rope tied up as a handhold for a creek crossing? I did see one there somewhere. I thought Parks must have installed it to help crossing when the creek was high.

[pazzar]

We rigged one up to help cross, it was far too dangerous to attempt the crossing without it, and we weren't going back to retrieve it once we had crossed.

[north-north-west]

Well, it was still there two weeks ago.
It's amazing how quickly those creeks subside after rain. Junction was, as usual, thigh deep when I went in, and not even up to the ankles on the way out. I've never seen it that low. 7 Mile was much stronger and higher.

[MJD]

If the rope is long enough you can loop it around a tree upstream and hang on to it as you head out across the creek. Pros: this gets the rope back. Cons: the wider the creek the less support you get from the rope the further across you get.

I used this method a long time ago on the Arthur Plains when everything was flooded. I had actually camped right next to Pass Creek and was woken in the morning by water splashing against the end of the tent - it rose at least 15 cms (6 inches back then) by the time I got out and hastily pulled the tent to higher ground.