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failed attempt at Echo Crack (190m 18 M5) + snow 22-Jul-2004 At 5:30:38 PM Bernardo

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well i have the photos now, but itll still be a week or so before i get back home to bendigo to a scanner.

max seems to have summed up pretty well. id like to add that max did a fine job at resoning his way out of carrying the haul bag (somethignabout the harness being to short for his bag) ;)
this left me to walk at about 1k an hour adn actualy CRAWLING!! to the base of the climb!!!.
no hard feelings though, it was a good experience adn its been a long time since i actualy put any real effort into..well anything realy!!

i must say that i greatly enjoyed our half climb. the first pitch wa abit of a let down(i had to climb next to the haul bag and basicaly carry it up) but after that it got interesting. the third pitch was quite scary i must admit, almsot a full rope length of aid, at a grade i had never attempted, adn a fair bit of free at what i currently stop leading on trad. i probably wouldnt have been half as bad if i hadent had a couple of tangling issues adn z clipings wiht the etriers...but i guess that comes down to practice.

yeah..thats about all realy..
i also intedn to return someday, preferably with max, but if anyone else wants to go im up for it!!!

trip report on frog, glass house and point perp soon to follow:)