Arthur Range Traverse - January 1982

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Party - Val Latham, David Rutherford, Dave Noble

Page 2 - Eastern Arthur Range Traverse

From Pass Creek - we did a long day of walking up to Hanging Lake and then climbed Federation Peak later that afternoon.



Above - Federation Peak - North West Face - showing Blade Ridge



Above - Federation Peak from Thwaites Plateau



Above - Federation Peak from the Southern Traverse



Above - Val and Dave R on the Southern Traverse



Above - Dave R on the most exposed part of the scramble to the summit

It was a good idea to climb the peak when we could. Bad weather was coming -



Above - Looking down at the Eastern Arthur Range from Thwaites Plateau



Above - The Devils Thumb



Above - Approaching hogsback clouds



Above - We sat out the storm all the next day in our tents at Hanging Lake. The day after - the storm was still around - but we were running out of food and fuel - so in the afternoon we broke camp and retreated in very bad weather for Pass Creek, and the next day walked out via the Yo Yo Track.

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