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| Diggler | Route Comment | |
Hasn't voted | There are a few ambiguities & inaccuracies in this description worth pointing out. For starters, the route described, while indeed typically referred to as the Normal Route, was first climbed by Eric Shipton & Percy Wyn Harris (on 6 January, 1929). Thus the label as ‘Mcinder’s [sic] Route’ is somewhat misleading (Mackinder only climbed portions of this route before going to the crest of the S Ridge, descending to the Upper Darwin Glacier, traversing Nelion & across the top of the Diamond Glacier into the Gate of the Mists, before scrambling to the summit of Batian. The Approach section suggests taking the ‘normal trekking route to the Austrian hut via McInder’s Camp.’ It is worth mentioning that any approach may be used to get to the Summit Circuit, which in turn leads to the Austrian Hut. It is not necessary to go through Mackinder’s Camp per se (unless one is taking the Naro Moru route). Also, for equipment, a set of cams (i.e. dynamic pro’) is a great addition to chocks (passive pro’). I took along a single set, from ca. 0.3 (Micro, blue) Camalot to a 3.5 (grey), which worked great (could maybe even leave the 3.5 behind; I only used it once). Great route & good description overall. | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2006 2:24 pm | ||
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