by Aardvark » Sat 25 Dec, 2021 10:07 am
The last climb to the saddle is the steep bit. The creek is mostly rock hopping and a few waterfalls but none too big. There is some distance.
The key thing to tackle is the correct route. There is one particular junction where you need to ensure you take the main creek (right) and not the tributary that Warren Macdonald took many years ago now. I recall the tributary, when i was there, was no smaller than the main creek. There was a cairn though.
Warrens' book tells about how he went the wrong way, camped in the tributary because it got too late, and in the morning, went to take a leak, pulled on a boulder and it landed on him. He was pinned there for some time and lost a leg (or two) because of it. 'One step beyond' might have been the name of the book.
Ever on the search for a one ended stick.