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Gully opposite Monks Cowl
Written by SeriousTribe2
Drakensberg - Climbing
Tuesday, 13 April 2010 21:41

I wonder if anyone has further information on the following:

(All references made to Maps here relate to Slingsby old Maps - the REAL ones that you can sleep in/on/under, fold, eat off and use in high wind/rain/snow, without them turning to mush- including orientation/grid lines, spot height etc.)

After one has climbed Cowl gully, and reached the cave (left hand fork) the gully tightens up and you can walk out onto a rather sharp prow that hangs over the valley of the eMlwanzini river catchment. (Leading down to Keith Bush camp). Looking directly WWNW at the face opposite, a vertical narrow gash can be seen running clean from the Escarpment edge (just N of spot height 3317) down into the valley below.
Viewed on Google Earth this clean, straight, fault line can be seen clearly.
Does anyone know if this is passable, and if so how serious a climb?!
Does anyone know, or has anyone ascended/descended same?
Does it have a name?

Is anyone keen?!

Putting it out there.

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Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:24 by Frosty Ice #3641
WOW!!! Going need to make a plan to do this route soon!
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 11:55 by Stijn #3637
Champagne South Gully should be in good nick about now. This photo was taken on 7 August (excuse the graininess... there was lots of spindrift around!) - looks like a spectacular route:

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Posted: 02 Aug 2011 00:40 by Serious tribe #3496
Wow, those ice climbing images r really cool. Yes i know, awful pun. It is amazing how thick that ice looks.

It must be the result of thawing of the river during the day and then as it flows down the falls freezing during the day, or later afternoon and night, thus adding layer upon layer of ice. If anyone knows the science, i would be interested in hearing if my theory is not correct.
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 18:46 by intrepid #3495
I was actually thinking of this thread recently! Conditions must be pretty much perfect for this gully! Still won't make it though again since I'm on another trip this weekend, and my snow/ice gear is stashed in Canada currently.
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 14:44 by Frosty Ice #3490
So, is there anyone out there who would like to climb a gully soon? I ended up very unfortunately getting flu this weekend and missed all the snow!

www.climb.co.za/2011/07/ice-report-8-pictures/

Seems as though the gullys should be good un in a week or two!

Let me know

Graham
Posted: 01 Mar 2011 13:33 by intrepid #2484
Welcome Rob. Pictures always welcome. Good place is the Climbing section in the galleries.
www.vertical-endeavour.com/galleries/drakensberg/climbing.html
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