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Tim Holding missing 2-Sep-2009 At 3:57:28 PM lacto

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What the hell did he do wrong? Hundreds of people over the years have gone up in similar conditions and with much worse gear than he had. Can't imagine that too many of his cabinet collegues would want or be able to go with him . He go to the top sans ice axe , had a bit of a slip on the way down then made a bad decision about where to go .sidling rather than going up and ending up snowy creek , At least 2 people have died up feathertop that did have ice axes , yet can be done without axes . As to the dangers of walking up to federation hut really !!! it is just a hard slog on a gentle sloping tree protected track that is do able in any type of weather
I used to tell my parents never to authorise a helicopter rescue in tassie for me as they would be billed , if not authorised , police would pay