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Irene McC said:
Holy guacamole @Roboticspro ! where did you land? Have you got any images showing the actual landing strip? This is raising my BP
What a/c were you in?
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Good Evening,

Irene, I flew in one of the re-fitted (turboprop) single-engine De Havilland Otter's (Canada) which are world-class super reliable. The landing strip is just the hard-packed snow that makes up the glacier, which is probably a mile or more thick. I used to fly in the twin-engine version of this aircraft, nick-named the "Twotter" during the ugly times in Laos (1971-73), so I had zero worry with either the aircraft or the highly-skilled pilot. The takeoff in the snow was a cake-walk; you land going up the glacier, do a 180* to face down-glacier, then for take-off give the turbo a bit of a throttle-up to break the skids free and off you go into the wild blue yonder...:)

Regards,

Edd

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The Towerman’s Hut – Mt Frankland by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

‘To the top and back at least three times a day generally from November to April each year. Mount Frankland has been used since 1956 to watch for bushfires. Until the 1970’s this hut was the towerman’s base camp.

Mount Frankland is still used today as a watchtower, albeit with updated technology including the use of mobile phones and radios to communicate.

#SouthCoast 024 – Walpole
 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area

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morgue at Alcatraz
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Peaking through the Granite - Mt Cooke - Monadnocks National Park by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
The view to west towards the Indian Ocean from the peak of Mt Cooke in the Monadnocks National Park, Western Australia.

We were walking the Bibbulmun Track in this section as part of Ibu Anne’s training to complete the Oxfam Trailwalker 50km. Anne ticked off the Trailwalker in early October 2018, having completed the 50 km walk.
 
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Ibu Anne - Walking the Plank - Bibbulmun Track - Monadnocks National Park by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
Having left Mt Cooke proper we were now on the Bibbulmun Track heading to the Mt Cooke campsite and the point where we were to leave the Track. En route, we encountered a couple of nameless ephemeral creeks. This one warranted a plank-style bridge apparently. Ibu Anne is captured taking on the challenge of the plank.

We were walking the Bibbulmun Track in this section as part of Ibu Anne’s training to complete the Oxfam Trailwalker 50km. Anne ticked off the Trailwalker in early October 2018, having completed the 50 km walk.
 
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Bibbulmun Track Bridge - Monadnocks National Park by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

Having left Mt Cooke proper we were now on the Bibbulmun Track heading to the Mt Cooke campsite and the point where we were to leave the Track. En route, we encountered a couple of nameless ephemeral creeks. This one warranted a more substantive bridge as the winter flows could be quite substantive for short periods of time.

We were walking the Bibbulmun Track in this section as part of Ibu Anne’s training to complete the Oxfam Trailwalker 50km. Anne ticked off the Trailwalker in early October 2018, having completed the 50 km walk.
 
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Lonesome - Herold Road - Monadnocks National Park by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

This was to be the last training walk before Ibu Anne took on the Oxfam Trailwalker 50km. Just a short one, 12 km circuit over Mt Cuthbert and Mt Vincent. Not a very enjoyable walk given the rain and freezing cold southerly wind. This photo was taken early in the walk as we slowly climbed through the National Park to the base of Mt Cuthbert.

Ibu Anne ticked off the Trailwalker in early October 2018, having completed the 50 km walk.
 

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