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Mt Rosea Trip - Debutante 10-Nov-2009 At 2:46:30 PM lost tazmaniac

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Drove out from Melbourne on Saturday.. Made it to Mt Rosea around 12 midday.. Started on Debutante..
Last time we made the mistake of going up Diane (as the D on Debutante is no longer visible).. so this time a little easier..
The second pitch is supposed to be the crux? I felt the forth pitch up through the crack system with the intimidating traverse out to a small belay legde ...(that is more like a hanging belay), was the crux? Anyways my seconder left a sling at the traverse nice orange and blue one at the traverse, we got to the top and the sunset.. Did fancy trying to find the giants staircase in the dark so to the long walkers track back to the carpark and did a runner up to the base of the cliff to retrieve trappings...
There was less loose rock than I thought..
Thanks to all previous climbers who had cairned (marked) the climbers track to the walkers track.
Perfect weather climbed in the shade for most of the day.. and no rain.. nice and warm.