So, the good weather didn’t hold long! “Is it me or is it a *bit misty* today Cookie?”… “It’ll be fine don’t worry about it”…”It’s probably considered good weather in these mountains…” “Uhuh. Ok …. : / … Righty-ho then. “
And off we went :) Into the mist!
We’ve heard so many horror stories about the weather in this range, it did feel like as long as it wasn’t blowing a gale or snowing, you were having a good day! I mean a bit of low cloud and a breeze are not exactly uncommon weather conditions in the mountains.
The clouds move so fast up here. Are there special winds? Or do all clouds move this fast, just that we’re often so far below them we can’t tell? Who knows. They’re dramatic anyway :)
As the route from Aspiring Hut over Cascade Saddle essentially drops down onto the popular circular Reese-Dart valley track, we thought from the junction it’d be fun to have a quick day jaunt along in the reverse direction towards the Rees River half and capture some of the good views from the saddle.
For a rare change we found ourselves ahead of schedule! The hut warden reckoned the walk up to Rees Saddle was the best thing nearby to use up our spare day. So up we went into the mist, optimistically hoping it would clear by the time we got to he top..
Noooo! We can’t see a sausage! Nuffin! Not even the path :) Well – Not the ideal conditions for grabbing some spectacular shots of the mountain beast. We start to think that maybe just maybe we might simply be inside a cloud? If we go up higher will we be able to climb out of the whiteout?
Nicky’s checking the weather forecast on the iPad, amazingly we get 3G reception up here! It’s supposed to clear up this afternoon, so we broke camp and headed optimistically up the hill.
