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Saturday, August 5, 2006

[MCR] Lake Ohara

Hi Everyone

I just spent a week in the O’hara area with an ACC crew July 29- Aug 5th. Snowed above 2400 meters every day except today.

-3 at the Abbott this morning.

MT Victoria has 5-10 cm’s of new snow but still travels well with crampons on all day.

MT Lefroy is in good shape for the moment with abalokov’s at 60meter intervals for the upper 6 pitches of the main right line.

The route up MT Odaray has changed in the past few years and it is possible to skirt under the glacier until you can easily climb a short (15m) ice pitch and then head to the col between the main summit and “little Odaray” to the west.

Jim G