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Ridge Traverses 1-Dec-2007 At 7:05:10 PM JamesMc

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On 1/12/2007 Phil S wrote:
>On 30/11/2007 evanbb wrote:
>>Apparently the West Arthurs in tassie make a good traverse, but not nearly
>as serious as that I'd suspect.
>
>Really a bush walk - a very, very cool walk but certainly not climbing
>on ridges. Some parties take a short rope for hauling and use as a hand
>line but all this steep scrambling is located in gullies. Well worth the
>effort but not what you are looking for.

Actually I reckon the Western Arthurs could be made pretty serious if you stick to the ridge where the walking track deviates off it. I've tried to find a way up the eastern ridge of Mt Orion, and been stopped by an overhang. Mt Scorpio to Carina Pk looks tricky.

Here's a link to a great photo of the WAs on Grant Dixon's site.

http://www.grantdixonphotography.com.au/galleries/image.php?id=1237&gid=98

Other traverses in Tas would include The Spires (remote scramble), Mt Geryon, (middle grade cliimbing and abseils), Gendarme Ridge near Frenchmans (pinacles up to about Gr 12?) and the Hazards Traverse (walking and scrambling on granite slabs, would be lethal in rain).

JamesMc