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bl@ke and Hargs. Ozymandias. TR 30-Sep-2010 At 6:53:00 PM bl@ke

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Ok. So I woke up early the next morning and lay in my bivy bag until the sun rose. Then we both got up and had some breakfast and sort of discussed what we should do. I had a tiny bit more motivation to do the climb that morning than I did last night. So we walked to the base just to check it out. On my way I found a rusty number 4 kong nut in a pile of slime. At the base we had a look at the route and decided that if we tried it we would probably get up a pitch or two and then bail. So we would lose half a day on the climb and then have to walk the south side track and maybe face a bivy along the way.
So we walked back to our rock in the river, packed up our gear and headed up the dreaded walk of shame. If there is one reason alone why you should not bail from the north wall its that track!
After a long and very tireing walk and scramble up the track we finaly emerged at the car park. It was such a relief to take off our packs and sit down.
Then we walked to Michaels car and next to his car was a scary creature lying down and eating food in a mass of big wall gear. It was Nick. So out popped his magical ledge for us to drool over.
After a few swapped tales of terror we parted ways and I had myself a nice bong and a crusty old guide book that had bats living in it.
After a failed attempt to find a bivy site out of the way we plonked at the oval and had some fud. Then it started raining so we moved to a very cold stone hut. For just a tad more warmth that night I stuck my legs in my pig.
The next day Michael led that M3 under the disabled lookout and then we did Banana Blase'. That was a wicked as climb !
And then facing another cold bivy we bailed to Wagga Wagga for a nice nights sleep and then a climb at The Rock on some 12's that were harder than Banana Blase'.

There are quite a few things that would make an attempt at Ozy a fair bit easier that I will do next time. Abseiling in is one of them. But if we had abseiled in and then bailed it would be a very long and lost walk out.
I am even more keen to climb Ozy now because, well, I cant let a rock beat me haha.

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