The Reserve in Winter - A Walk Along Tasmania's Overland Track -
July 2009
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Page 4 - Pelion to Kia-Ora via Pelion East
Above - John, Colin and Su Li on the way to Pelion Gap
Above - Arriving at Pelion Gap
Above - Ice
Above - Looking towards Mt Hyperion in the Du Cane Range
Above - Mt Ossa - it looked too icy to climb without ice axes and
crampons
Above - On the way up Pelion East
Above - Col on the way up Pelion East
Above - John leading the way up
Above - the summit
Above - Looking to Mt Ossa
Above - Chuin Nee on top
Above - The Pelion Range - from Pelion East to Ossa, then Mt Thetis,
Achilles and Pelion West
Above - Mt Ossa
Above - John, Su Li and Col on top. Su Li unpacks her summit
rations.....
Above - Looking down
Above - Carefully climbing down
Above - ice crystals
Above - Col walking in Pinestone Valley. Cathedral Mountain behind
Above - Ice over cobbles
Above - Ice patterns
Above - Mt Massif from near Kia-Ora Hut
Above - Cathedral Mountain
Above - Pelion East
Above - The helipad outside Kia-Ora Hut - a good place to photo-pfaff
Above - It was cold outside the hut. The tap on the watertank froze
around 5pm. We got the hut nice and warm (22 degrees) by burning brown
coal in the pot belly stove
Day 6
Above - Cathedral Mountain. Our spell of fine weather had come to an
end.
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