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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