This gallery will be continuously updated as I acquire images of the forthcoming expedition to place another climb up the 400 metre north face of Wollumbin shield. This face is on the north face of the west peak of Mt. Warning. Mt. Warning is the highest mountain in Northern New South Wales.
Update. We accomplished what we set out to do on the long weekend of the 9th to the 11th of June putting up only the second route on this most daunting wall. The route is 250 metres long. and will be named shortly.
The name of the route is Escenscion a2+17
For more pics and more of the story go to http://www.geocities.com/baffinisland2002/Mtwarning/Mt_Warning_Index.html
Great photos Phil. Forced me to remember how serious the cliff looks. On the walk in, Ted Cais once stepped over a Tiger snake and then hid in nearby bushes, waiting for me to and Mike meadows to blunder into its path - which we dutifully did. By the way, we also chartered a small plain and did a couple of fly bys across the shield. Small planes and big cliffs are a daunting combination. We flew low across the face and then back across the face higher up. It was so spectacular and scary that I think we were mentally defeated even before we walked in.
Ian Thomas