Nuts wrote:Did they really need a food drop, did they have to use a drone..
Lizzy wrote:I think they carried the drops in... but I could be wrong
CasualNerd wrote:The gear and food was all carried in by hand.
north-north-west wrote:CasualNerd wrote:The gear and food was all carried in by hand.
You'd think it would have been easier to do it by foot . . .
andyszollosi wrote:Some answers to some questions on this thread:
Did we really need a food drop?
Yes.
A team of 12 of us walked out to Bechervaise Plateau to drop over 100kg of food, fuel, climbing and photography gear. Each of our packs weighed between 30-40kgs on this trip. This mission took 5 days and took place two months before our actual expedition to climb Blade Ridge. This expedition played out in June/July 2017 and took 17 days. We had provisioned 14 days of food.
- Did we need a drone?
I'll let the audience be the judge on this. We had the appropriate permits from Parks and we flew the drone with respect to the wildlife (ie: wedge tailed eagles) of the area. Also, there didn't seem to be any other park users around Federation Peak in the middle of the wettest winter on record, so we didn't disturb any persons, either.
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