Well, in my madness I decided I'd try and walk to the summit of Kosciuszko today.
To cut a long story short, I didn't quite make it.
I took the shorter route from the top of the Thredbo chairlift. It's about 6km each way.
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| Mountain stream |
About half way up the climb my hip started to pack it in.
There's still a surprising amount of snow around and the track disappears underneath the snow quite regularly.
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| Heading straight for the target |
Anyway I soldiered on. I made it to Rawson's Pass and a bit beyond, a bit over a km short of the summit. Some people coming down said that it was snow all the way from there and pretty slippery. My stupid hip was really painful. I was struggling to lift one leg, so I turned around and headed back down. About half way down I realised that my hip was OK again. The pain had gone -- stupid thing. Perhaps it was all in my head?
Not to worry, I enjoyed my day's walk in the ice and snow. At least I got a reasonably close view of the summit.
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| Rawson's Pass |
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| Lake Cootapatamba |
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| The summit |
