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A brief trip to Frenchman's Cap 28-Apr-2014 At 10:41:15 AM mattyj

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Well put Phil. Got a bit of a buzz reading that myself! Still not sure what the go was for that traverse on 9th of Jan. The variant would take good gear though don't you reckon? Which would make it the most accessibly route on the face I'd think...

We got the gear pretty spot on I think. If you post the gear list though I'd recommend that you likely don't need the tent or the half a kilo of coffee and I did want that second red C4. Without it you would go a long, long way past the belay if you came off. Having said that, doing three 60m pitches is a how-not-to economise on gear... Also the huts have mattresses - NZ style - so don't need the sleeping mat.

Forget who asked, but while Chimes is probably on better rock, they're both absolutely classic. Can't overlook that Tierry is almost certainly the most exposed 16 in Australia.