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bl@ke and Hargs. Ozymandias. TR 30-Sep-2010 At 4:19:37 PM bl@ke

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So after lots of emails and PM's and other stuff Michael and I were off to Mt Buffalo to do Ozymandias.
We arrived at the car park at around 10 on saturday morning and went for a walk to the various lookouts around the place and slowly started getting organised. We put everything out on the table and started packing it into Britney the pig. This pig when full was a beast. "Whats in there?" says a tourist, "A couple of bodys" was my reply and I kept walking. We quickly had it filled and we had to pack our rack into a large daypack.

So after lunch we wandered down the south side track with two very heavy packs making the going difficult. Nick was up on the north wall soloing She so we got to see him whenever the track allowed us a view. Hard we though.
We got lost a few times along the way but this was not the worst part. Carying a pig down was horrible (my left knee is still swollen from all the droping down from rocks). Michaels pack was just as heavy but mine was bigger so I just pretended it was heavier.
After a while we came to the first section with a fixed rope. Michael zips across while I take my pig off and clip it to the fixed line so we can rope it across. I stick my guide into my mouth while I but slide a little bit to a little ledge thingy. For some reason I open my mouth and my guide drops onto the ledge, bounces off the ledge flaps about in the air and bounces down the cliff. I hear it bounce and flap and bounce and flap until I think it has hit the ground until we both heart a loud slap sound as it finaly hits the ground. There goes 50 bucks.
We got the pig across and then lowered it down a wet and mossy gully waterfall thing that was full of giant worms, juming jacks and most likey lost Viet Cong. It was getting late in the day so we picked up the pace a bit but another section with fixed ropes slowed us down.
We finaly got to Crystal Brook just on dark. I filled my drink bottle and skulled most of it, I was so thirsty. Then we had a quick sniff around for a spot to camp. The only spot was a boulder just big enough for both of us to sleep on. We added some sticks, leaves, our ropes and my belay seat for extra comfort had tea and sttled down for the night. The constant noise of the waterfall made it hard for me to sleep but I got enough so I wasnt too grumpy the next day.

More soon.