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2007-04-08 An attempt to traverse The Pinnacles in summer, Mt Ruapehu.

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martyblumen > Second Pinnacle A climber sits at the start of the Second Pinnacle, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

martyblumen > First Pinnacle ridge Tramping up the ridge of the First Pinnacle, Mt Ruapehu. In the background are the volcanic valleys and plateaus of Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.

martyblumen > Photographer Owen Lee holds his camera on an ascent of The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

martyblumen > The Second and Third Pinnacle Looking out from the top of the First Pinnacle at the Second and Third Pinnacles.

The rock anchor in front of Owen, white helmet, partially collapsed whist he was abseiling from it. I belayed him back up the the cliff whilst Shiva held the rock in place. We then trundled the loose bits until it was safe to abseil. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

martyblumen > Abseiling the First Pinnacle Owen Lee abseils from the First Pinnacle into a white-out, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

martyblumen > Abseiling the First Pinnacle Abseiling the First Pinnacle, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

martyblumen > Conference Owen Lee and Shiva Nami confer on the best possible to way to traverse The Pinnacles. Normally a winter route, in summer the underlying 'weetbix' rock crumbled easily and it took up to an hour to find a stable anchor from which we could abseil. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

martyblumen > Abseiling Shiva Nami abseils in the Grand Gully. The rope is piled away from the descending climber to avoid any rocks falling on it, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

Second Pinnacle

A climber sits at the start of the Second Pinnacle, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

> Second Pinnacle A climber sits at the start of the Second Pinnacle, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

Second Pinnacle

A climber sits at the start of the Second Pinnacle, The Pinnacles. Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand.

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