Dry's Bluff 2 (The Real Summit)

[ILUVSWTAS]

More pics from a walk to Dry's Bluff yesterday. We didnt go to the trig point, but along the ridge south to the actual summit!
Was a nice walk! The uphill section is fairly steep in places, the ropes seem to be slight overkill though, and it only took around 2 hrs to reach the plateau, so we were pleasantly surprised after how much you hear about this walk being quite tough!

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Dry's from near Bobs Place

The boulder hop!

Scouting the way ahead, near this point there seemed to be cairns everywhere! Quite misleading, after some scouting we eventually found the right way and dismantled a few of the misleading cairns

[ILUVSWTAS]

Then we hit the top and had lunch on the true summit. Views were quite amazing really!!

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Summit Lunch

Massive boulder field below the summit

The view west to Projection Bluff, Quamby and along the Western Tiers

[Taurë-rana]

Then we hit the top and had lunch on the true summit. Views were quite amazing really!!

You just couldn't resist rubbing it in, could you. We should have tied you down the day before and not let you get your points!

Nice photos though.

[Taurë-rana]

By the way, if you don't amend your signature there might be violence done on a walk one of these days!

[Nuts]

What! You have a dog up there! He looks ill too!....
Seems to me though, that he was in fact the only one to make the 'true' summit

[ILUVSWTAS]

Haha true Nuts, Though we were all sure to touch the tippy top, dont worry about that!!
Yup, Dog is Wentworth Brown, he accompanies us on many walks........

TR - Yeh sorry I am quite a stirrer aint I Ok I'll change my signature......

[tazz]

I Would have made an attempt on the true summit myself but I couldn,t see it for the fog.also there is a track to the right of the scree field which is easier to follow.skirting the tree line.

[Taurë-rana]

TR - Yeh sorry I am quite a stirrer aint I Ok I'll change my signature......

Wise move

[Azza]

Scouting the way ahead, near this point there seemed to be cairns everywhere! Quite misleading, after some scouting we eventually found the right way and dismantled a few of the misleading cairns

FYI - when the Ollster and I were up there a couple of weeks later, we worked out based on your route description that you'd gone 'an alternative' way.
Hence the lack / 'misleading' cairns, other people have obviously gone that way as well.
We went up an entirely different way to you guys and there were plenty of cairns the whole way.
However on descent we picked up your route which made us awfully confused when we got to the bottom of the scree field.

So when you pass the big rock on the way up, the correct way is left towards the left most boulder field.
The 'alternative way' follows the right side boulder field and has fewer cairns.
There is a short strip of forest between the two boulder fields.

There is a fairly obvious gully at the top, both routes funnel into that.
Just need to watch out on the way down as there are some cairns that will mislead you down the wrong boulder field.

[ILUVSWTAS]

It actually wasnt a bad way to go! Lots of fun climby sections with ropes that wernt necessary.....

[Speculator]

I missed this topic when it was first posted.

hope you guys had a good walk, and enjoyed the view from the southern lump.

You really should see a doctor about your OCD though! :p

L8r.

[Azza]

It actually wasnt a bad way to go! Lots of fun climby sections with ropes that wernt necessary.....

yea. Thats the right way. Its the boulder field below where there is two different routes.