G'day folks,
I've been far too busy, so haven't had a chance to share this walk from a few weeks back. It follows on from a trip I did about a year back, checking out the two lesser known passes of Solitary, Point Repulse and the Miners Pass. I assumed, wrongly, that there were only four passes onto this amazing mountain. From my searching, it seems everyone else makes that assumption too. But I was wrong!
Some interesting conversations with a bloke from the Bush Club who has been doing a bunch of solo walks to search for new passes on Solitary confirmed there were a few more. We did a fairly hard day walk to search for them, which I've put up here: http://fatcanyoners.org/2013/08/10/solitary-passes/
Interestingly, since then the same guy has found several more passes, mainly around the general area of Point Repulse (which seems to undermine that name even further!). He also tells me there is at least one extra pass on the northern side. Sounds like another trip is in order!
Has anyone else explored these passes, or know of old trips? I'd be very keen to hear their origins, and original names if known. The second pass we did, through an obvious break that even shows up on the topo map, seems far too simple to never have been done before. The first pass on the other hand is quite well hidden, so I can believe how it remained a secret.
Tim