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Winter playground 25-Aug-2009 At 5:03:53 PM Li

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On 25/08/2009 Sabu wrote:
>Hi Li, i've always just gone to Feathertop, due to the mountain having
>some alpine qualities
>without the isolation from shelter etc.
>I suppose other places could include anywhere that has good enough snow
>to practice
>anchors,
>places like Stirling or a quiet spot at Buller. Not sure what their snow
>quality is like now
>though.
>With the rescue techniques you can practice some of the setups at home
>to get used to
>tying the knots and general procedures.
>
>Oh and Feathertop can be done overnight.. but it takes a very early morning
>to be walking
>by around 10 or 11!

Thanks James. Feathertop is definitely a good place to go. Was just trying to get out of driving/hiking so far. With this rain the snow could be crappy. It rained last weekend when we were hiking up to Feathertop leaving the snow fairly slushy. We were hoping to get one more weekend in before it all went completely to sh*t.