Marion Plateau - Mount Lydia, 3 - 8 January 2013
Geoff inspects the route through the bluffs from Key Dome into the Whitbourn
ClimbingKey DomeMount Aspiring National ParkMountaineeringNew ZealandOlivine WildernessTrampingWhitbourn RiverbluffsMarionPlateau674
On Key Dome. Peaks on the skyline are Mt Ian, Mt Tiber, Mt Amundsen, Mt Lydia
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Tarn on Key Dome. Peaks on the skyline are Mt Ian, Mt Tiber, Mt Amundsen
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Tarn on Key Dome. Peaks on the skyline are Mt Ian, Mt Tiber, Mt Amundsen, Mt Lydia
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Our route out of the Blue Duck River into the Dart. Up the southernmost of three dry creeks to a large boulder just below where the creek steepens, then out left on tussock shelves and ledges with good animal trails
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Mountain daisy (Celmisia verbascifolia). Key Dome, Mount Aspiring NP
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Mountain daisy leaves (Celmisia verbascifolia). Key Dome, Mount Aspiring NP
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Ranunculus gracilipes. Key Dome, Mount Aspiring NP
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Mountain pinātoro (Pimelea oreophila). Key Dome, Mount Aspiring NP
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Mountain pinātoro (Pimelea oreophila). Key Dome, Mount Aspiring NP
ClimbingFloraKey DomeMount Aspiring National ParkMountain pinatoroMountaineeringNew ZealandOlivine WildernessTrampingMarionPlateauPimelea oreophila
Blue Duck River campsite in the evening
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Blue Duck River and Mount Amundsen. Key Dome is on the far right
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The impressive chasm in the lower Blue Duck River
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Rainbow over Cattle Flat, Dart River, while sidling out of the Blue Duck
Blue Duck RiverCattle FlatClimbingDart RiverMount Aspiring National ParkMountaineeringNew ZealandOlivine WildernessRainbowTrampingMarionPlateau748
What you do when you have too much time to kill... Cattle Flat rock bivvy, Dart River
Cattle FlatClimbingDart RiverMount Aspiring National ParkMountaineeringNew ZealandOlivine WildernessRock bivvyTrampingabseilabseilingbivvybivvy rockrock bivMarionPlateau752
Dredge Flat, Dart River, and Barrier Range from Sandy Bluff
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The Barrier Range from Sandy Bluff. From left to right are Johansen Peak, Nansen Peak, Chancellor and Mt Peary
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In beech forest down valley of Surveyor Flat in a dust storm. Dart Valley
Beech forestClimbingDart RiverDart TrackMount Aspiring National ParkMountaineeringNew ZealandOlivine WildernessTrampingsand stormMarionPlateau797
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