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Current NSW Alpine climbing conditions . . . 17-Aug-2015 At 9:07:20 PM Macciza

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Due tio camera issues I don't have too many shots but ice conditions were still pretty good.
Similar to Damo's photo but with a bit less snow so the bottom step on the right gave a few moves. Climbed that bit via a chunky pillar that was a bit fractured and later got knocked off by another climber rapping down.... Nice, also had some chunks dinner plating on the middle section.

All up I led the low angled ramp on the left side so we could access the top easily then toproped a couple of variations on the main face and variants in the gullyish thing on the right , but did not get on the right hand ramp . . . All good fun . . .

A flow on the left side of the descent gully apparently was several metres of pretty much vertical ice but i did not get onto it unfortunately . . . Damn . ..

Dug a very quick coffin cave styled snow bivi the for the first night but it stayed very calm all night so I simply slept under the stars the second night. In Bivy and sleeping bag etc obviously . . .

Heaps of fun had by all that got down, a few photos being posted online.
If ou can get down it will possibly still be okay next weekend, weather depending . ..

Cheers
MM