mikethepike wrote:Would it be acceptable to the authorities and to one's bushwalking peers, to be in a group of two or three and to be flown in by helicopter to the top of the range at the start of the walk and then complete the traverse and walk out? Yes it wouldn't be cheap but neither were all those porters for the walk in to the crest of the range! But is it acceptable? I think we may be taking ethics here.
icefest wrote:mikethepike wrote:Would it be acceptable to the authorities and to one's bushwalking peers, to be in a group of two or three and to be flown in by helicopter to the top of the range at the start of the walk and then complete the traverse and walk out? Yes it wouldn't be cheap but neither were all those porters for the walk in to the crest of the range! But is it acceptable? I think we may be taking ethics here.
Chapman says that no helicopter landings are permitted in the South West National park. There's only a few places where helicopters are allowed to touch down, most of them being on the coast.
farefam wrote:I tend to agree with David Noble's assessment as to the major difficulties of this traverse, but some of the scrub and tangled rainforest on Algonkian Mountain takes some getting through and getting past the chasms that bisect the ridge south of Diamond Peak wasn't exactly straightforward. Finding water was also a serious challenge in the very dry conditions for the first 8 days of this 12 day walk. I don't recall there being any easy days on this recent journey and the stench of my torn clothes at the end of the trip reflected that! The trip was affected by bushfire smoke, but some photos can now be seen at
https://picasaweb.google.com/114064244807961094522/6248405055185549201 as the link has changed to this one
The hike was a great adventure, and probably the hardest trip I've done so far, but I doubt I'll ever summon the strength to repeat it (particularly the west side of the Gonk).
mikethepike wrote:I wonder if anyone has information about the first recorded traverse of the POW Range. I have a friend, now in his mid 80s, who was in an MUMC party which he thought he might have been the first party known to have done the full traverse. That was in the early 1950s. He was telling me recently that HWC wrote to him at the time requesting an account of the walk for their magazine but he declined as he had written one for the MUMC magazine although he can't remember it being published. Thanks for any feedback. I can provide more details on that party if anyone is interested.
stu wrote:Never walking that Denison River leg again tho, time most definitely has not healed that mind wound
north-north-west wrote:stu wrote:Never walking that Denison River leg again tho, time most definitely has not healed that mind wound
So you''ll be pack-rafting?
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