2006SEP190843
Lootbag
0810
Stop. Jacket off (wet), water change, eat. Accessed Objective B).
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Decision time, GO, NO GO
Completed Objective B). This is a signficant event. It is here I deceide if I procede to objectives C) and D). I have to make a decision, GO, NO GO based on the following information
*are you on/ahead of schedule?
*do you feel tired?
*are you injured?
*do you feel confident you can go down, move along and get out on time?
*do you have the proper kit?
*is the weather favourable?
*are you making the right decision with the available information?
*based on your previous experience how are you prepared?
The only thing you want to do is make the right decision. There is no loss of face not achieving this task. This decision has to be egoless. Difficult to do once your pumped up and moving along. Hence the forced rest, kit re-arrangement, physical marking on the map forcing myself to go through the implications.
All these things seem a bit meladramatic and possibly weird to someone who is not in this place at this time after travelling since 0530. But beleive me if you cannot honestly answer these questions with 100% surity you will have a bad day. Why?
Objective C, D
Objective C to D involves going from around 140 metres (does not sound far) from the current elevation of the road to the creek water line. This is complicated by the fact the terrain is steep (approx 45-60 degree), the terrain is slippery, wet and we are just coming out of winter. Then traversing a downward moving creekline in rocky densly covered bush at the bottom of a wet mountain range.
What does this mean?
Descent
Well the fact the place is so steep and wet, the ground will possilby not be stable. Anything you try to grab will be covered in moss and be wet. So it could be rotten. Also the ground has significant rock cover near the top increasing the likelyhood of slipping. The ground cover can be dry & slippery or wet and slippery.
Traversal
Once at the creekline the chances of going up the slope of 45-60 degrees is very difficult. If you get down you are going to expend a lot of energy trying to get back up - if you can. If the weather is wet, the creekline will be swollen making it more difficult to get around. If the weather is dry it will mean the easier to traverse but with a slight increase in chance of bushfire.
Injury
If you fall & break a leg, sprain an ankle the chances of getting out quickly decrease. Anyone coming in to get you will have a *very difficult* time trying to extract you.
Unknown
There is always the unknown factor you cannot take into account due to inexperience or factors you have not taken into account.
Conclusion
So with these decisons mulled over I decided to continue. I was confident I could pull this off in the time I estimated. I had planned and thought the situation out as carefully as I could. It's a go.
Bootload, Lootbag, Objective Beta, 2006SEP190843 [?]
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2006SEP190843
Lootbag
0810
Stop. Jacket off (wet), water change, eat. Accessed Objective B).
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Decision time, GO, NO GO
Completed Objective B). This is a signficant event. It is here I deceide if I procede to objectives C) and D). I have to make a decision, GO, NO GO based on the following information
*are you on/ahead of schedule?
*do you feel tired?
*are you injured?
*do you feel confident you can go down, move along and get out on time?
*do you have the proper kit?
*is the weather favourable?
*are you making the right decision with the available information?
*based on your previous experience how are you prepared?
The only thing you want to do is make the right decision. There is no loss of face not achieving this task. This decision has to be egoless. Difficult to do once your pumped up and moving along. Hence the forced rest, kit re-arrangement, physical marking on the map forcing myself to go through the implications.
All these things seem a bit meladramatic and possibly weird to someone who is not in this place at this time after travelling since 0530. But beleive me if you cannot honestly answer these questions with 100% surity you will have a bad day. Why?
Objective C, D
Objective C to D involves going from around 140 metres (does not sound far) from the current elevation of the road to the creek water line. This is complicated by the fact the terrain is steep (approx 45-60 degree), the terrain is slippery, wet and we are just coming out of winter. Then traversing a downward moving creekline in rocky densly covered bush at the bottom of a wet mountain range.
What does this mean?
Descent
Well the fact the place is so steep and wet, the ground will possilby not be stable. Anything you try to grab will be covered in moss and be wet. So it could be rotten. Also the ground has significant rock cover near the top increasing the likelyhood of slipping. The ground cover can be dry & slippery or wet and slippery.
Traversal
Once at the creekline the chances of going up the slope of 45-60 degrees is very difficult. If you get down you are going to expend a lot of energy trying to get back up - if you can. If the weather is wet, the creekline will be swollen making it more difficult to get around. If the weather is dry it will mean the easier to traverse but with a slight increase in chance of bushfire.
Injury
If you fall & break a leg, sprain an ankle the chances of getting out quickly decrease. Anyone coming in to get you will have a *very difficult* time trying to extract you.
Unknown
There is always the unknown factor you cannot take into account due to inexperience or factors you have not taken into account.
Conclusion
So with these decisons mulled over I decided to continue. I was confident I could pull this off in the time I estimated. I had planned and thought the situation out as carefully as I could. It's a go.
Bootload, Lootbag, Objective Beta, 2006SEP190843 [?]
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