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King Island 11-Jul-2003 At 10:47:40 AM hardcore

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The most expensive part of the whole trip was to charter a fishing boat out of Port Arthur - it wasn't all that expensive - we were all broke - and the fishermen of Bass Strait are a pretty honest hardworking group. They thought we were nuts.

Russ Crowe organised the whole thing so he would be the best person to contact. The main issue is not cost but simple logistics - we used watertight containers used to transport olives to keep the gear dry - everyone had some responsibility - mine being the expedition engineer - responsible for radios and small generator etc etc - Mick was the cook - hence the reason he was befriended by possums (the most dangerous job with climbers) - Edwin was the fisherman - Russ looked after the fags and beer (the second most dangerous job).

I've got a slide presentation pack somewhere in my attic that we put together showing the cliffs and climbs. We did have a slide night attended by such luminaries as Chris Baxter.