| Rough route overlay of the... | [ Sizes: Orig | Med | Small | Thumb ] |
Rough route overlay of the Normal Route on Nelion, with key features marked. Mackinder's Chimney is slightly down & L from the base of the One O'Clock Gully. *note* upper portion of route (after Baillie's Bivy until where it jogs R before curving back L) is actually on other side of the S ridge, until crossing back over at the technical traverse. 6 January, 2006
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[ Post a Comment ]| Scott | Very nice route pic. | | 
Voted 10/10 | **** | | Posted Feb 6, 2006 6:43 pm |
 | | Diggler | Re: Very nice route pic. | | 
Hasn't voted | Thanks, Scott! | | Posted Feb 6, 2006 8:40 pm |
| mrwsierra | Congratulations..... | | 
Hasn't voted | on the outstanding achievement of you and Gordon in your summit of Mount Kenya. | | Posted Feb 7, 2006 12:58 am |
| | gordonye | Re: Congratulations..... | | 
Voted 10/10 | Thanks! It was an amazing trip. You have posted some really wonderful photos, wow. | | Posted Feb 10, 2006 6:28 pm |
| ben jammin | Route clarification | | 
Voted 10/10 | Thanks for adding this nice annotated route picture, Diggler.
One point worth clarifying is that above Bailies Bivy the route ducks over the SW ridge and behind McKinders Gendarme for a few pitches (including the superb De Graaf's Variation pitch). The route then cuts back to the right above McKinders Gendarme.
| | Posted Feb 7, 2006 2:23 am |
| | Diggler | Re: Route clarification | |
Hasn't voted | Oh yeah- I didn't bother to check the final product after resolution reduction! I actually used a dotted line to indicate that, but the separations are so small that you can't really tell now. Will make a note of it in the caption- thanks for pointing that out. Hey Ben, 2 S. Africans did the climb the same day we did- Mark Johnston & Rog (don't have his last name right now)- know 'em? Mark said that he knows you. They camped next to us at Austrian Hut & we hung out w/ them on Nelion. | | Posted Feb 7, 2006 11:56 am |
| | ben jammin | Re: Route clarification | |
Voted 10/10 | Yep - I know Mark and Roger well. Sounds like they also had a successful trip to Mt Kenya. They're both from Cape Town and the climbing scene here is quite small.
Thanks also for the feedback on the East African grading conversions.
| | Posted Feb 7, 2006 2:55 pm |
| rpc | Great-lookin' line! | | 
Voted 10/10 | 4-star shot! | | Posted Mar 7, 2006 5:13 pm |
| | Diggler | Re: Great-lookin' line! | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks for the vote, Radek. Very aesthetic mountain, great rock, & fun climbing! | | Posted Mar 7, 2006 11:43 pm |
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