Anyone been up East portal in the last year or so??
My extremely informed source tells me a landslide occured here around 2 years ago and isnt sure if anyone has been up since?
Cheers!!
East Portal Access
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ILUVSWTAS - Lagarostrobos franklinii
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Re: East Portal Access
by MJD » Mon 21 Sep, 2009 12:58 pm
Apparently not and any questions you have about route finding then, at this rate, you will be able to answer yourself....... if you return of course 
EDIT - sorry - couldn't help myself
EDIT - sorry - couldn't help myself
Carpe diem
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Re: East Portal Access
by tasadam » Mon 21 Sep, 2009 1:49 pm
Sounds like you guys know something about a place I haven't even heard of.
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Re: East Portal Access
by ILUVSWTAS » Mon 21 Sep, 2009 2:14 pm
East Portal on the way to Fedders (federation peak)
And he means we are gonig in there at Xmas time and at this rate will will find out for ourselves (no-one has responded to my question of access) providing I survive the descent of fedders..... Thanks for the show of confidence MJ
And he means we are gonig in there at Xmas time and at this rate will will find out for ourselves (no-one has responded to my question of access) providing I survive the descent of fedders..... Thanks for the show of confidence MJ
Nothing to see here.
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Re: East Portal Access
by ILUVSWTAS » Mon 18 Jan, 2010 2:48 pm
Ok I will answer myself!
No problem at all!! Just stay above the landslip, along the ridge line. It IS scrubby and it is harder than chapman says in his book. Took us 2 hrs to get there and much less staying along the ridge on the way back!!
DO NOT attempt this is near 40 degree heat...........
No problem at all!! Just stay above the landslip, along the ridge line. It IS scrubby and it is harder than chapman says in his book. Took us 2 hrs to get there and much less staying along the ridge on the way back!!
DO NOT attempt this is near 40 degree heat...........
Nothing to see here.
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