Bogong Mixed Up Season 2001

Weekend of the 21st July 2001

Neil Monteith & Jono Schimdt

Our campsite just above Pollux Outcrop on the Staircase Ridge (1700m)

Jono descends down the shaded and icy Left Gully

Jono downclimbs a tricky iced up section of Left Gully

Neil follows the first pitch of Dripping Groove which climbs the direct centre of the Left Gully

Neil leads off on the crux second pitch of Dripping Groove on the first ascent

Neil looking for dry tool placements at the bulge of pitch 2 of Dripping Groove

The line of Dripping Groove in the Left Gully

The dripping ice of Ultra Magnetic in Big Gully

Neil, a long way from good ice, and drytooling desperatly on the first ascent of Ultra Magnetic in Big Gully

The main face of Big Gully in lean winter conditions.

Jono boulders some great ice in Big Gully

Jono at the top of Pollux Outcrop after a good day of climbing

Neil solos the short but hard Fang of Fury in Central Gully

Neil emerging from the dark clutches of the chimney on the first ascent of Into the Mouth in Central Gully

Neil solos the first ascent of the superb Chilled Inflexion on the right wall of Big Gully

Jono takles the first ascent of his left hand varient of Chilled Inflexion