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Climbers rescued off Margarine Ridge, Mt Hay 8-Nov-2011 At 10:04:12 AM becad

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I did this climb in January this year. 32 degrees in Katoomba and I think close to 40 on the rock. We took 7L of water between 2 of us and drank another litre on the walk in. We put 3L on the half way ledge before we started the climb which reduced weight carried to that point. This was made a bit easier by being with someone who had done the climb a few times before hand.
The last time he had done it in mild weather it took 6 hours. It took us 13 on that day. Just slow going in the heat.
We ran out of water just before the end of the last pitch and had to take a rest/snooze in a little cave half way up the climb to get out of the sun.
It was a bit of an epic but very fun in retrospect.
I think the main thing is to prepare to be out in the blazing sun all day. If you were walking in full sun over 30 degrees for 12 hours you'd get through 4 -5 litres, so why think you would need less for that amount of climbing.......
I think we try to underestimate how much we will need whilst climbing because it is heavy and most of the climbs in Aus are pretty short. There just aren't that many climbs that truly take all day.