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Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 10:20 am

Got as far as Barron Pass Wednesday (28 Aug). A beautiful blue sky day. Frenchmans Cap was well and truly snow-capped. I spoke to a party of two who had tried to summit that morning and found chest deep snow on their ascent too hard to grapple with and abandoned the attempt.

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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 10:32 am

I read their tale in the Tahune logbook and saw where they turned back. From the summit on Monday 2/9 :)
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 10:56 am

By way of comparison, here's my shot from Baron Pass on Sunday 1/9
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Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 1:42 pm

Great shots SBS. Any problems with the ascent in snow?

Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 3:27 pm

tigercat wrote:Great shots SBS. Any problems with the ascent in snow?


No pretty easy, mostly firm. Good fun bumsliding down :)

Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 3:47 pm

Excellent shots SBS - my jealousy knows no bounds. We ran out of time - too old and slow :oops:
No doubt we'll have another go at it but need to contact Essendon's high performance unit to get some advice about appropriate supplements.

Re: Frenchmans Cap - late August 2013

Fri 06 Sep, 2013 4:34 pm

Skiing looks better up here than the Acropolis :D
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