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Karinjini April 26, 1999
Today was the most glorious day of Western Australia on
the trip thus far. It began with a two-hour hike up to the top of Mount Nameless, the
highest mountain in WA. After that, we had a light breakfast and drove about 150
kilometers to the Karinjini National Park. The park is made up of 600,000 hectares of lush
mountains and deep rocky gorges of red earth, and layered stone. We climbed down to the
bottom of the Handrail pool. The climb was light and easy, yet quite pretty. Although the
sign said this walk would take an hour, it only took us about thirty minutes, so we
decided to try a climb that seemed a little bit more treacherous!
The climb down to the bottom of Hancock Gorge led down a
steep, rocky trail to a thirty-foot steel ladder. Once at the bottom we climbed ledges,
and crossed the small, but rapid, creek several times. Finally, we were forced to take off
our shoes, climb down slippery waterfalls, and over high ledges, that looked down on deep,
jagged-rock lined pools. This provided us an exciting, energetic day of beauty, never seen
before by the likes of these two Minnesota boys. |
