The Amoebet
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...and
Barnaby
would have to wait too! After losing a few hundred metres of elevation
towards The Amoeba/Barnaby col, an inadvertent head turn to the east
revealed a
striking little outlier of The Amoeba – we’ll call it The Amoebet
(a-me-bet)! In
utter futility I did try to convince myself this minor peak wouldn’t be
worth
the effort, but who was I kidding – the moment the photons from the Sun
reflected
off that peak and hit my retinas, attempting The Amoebet was as certain
as a 20th
ascent of Prairie Bluff!
Unfortunately,
a direct route to The Amoebet would require traversing what appeared to be a
sketchy snow slope and so I tromped back up towards the summit of The Amoeba
before finding a safer route over to the ridge. From that point the descent to
the col and ascent of the little peak went with ease and was very scenic –
colourful rock, a wicked cornice on the east side, and excellent views from the
top. Was it worth the extra effort? 100% YES!
The angle of the snow slope isn't excessive but I couldn't see over the edge and getting to that edge was sketchy
Cornice or no cornice? I wasn't about to find out the hard way!
Now looking down on TA (The Amoebet - that's gonna be confusing!)
The safe route over to TA ridge
Looking back to the sketchy snow
The rock gets colourful again
With lichen
The layers of rock on full display
Awe-struck by another cornice
A different view of Southfork East
Stunning!
TA looks fairly impressive from the TA/TA col (this is more mind-twisting than Schrodinger's Cat!)
Table Mountain is finally looking more like Table Mountain, as the Sun swings around to the west
Easy and enjoyable ascent
Looking back to TA from TA
Minutes away from the summit
At the top
Summit view north
Summit view south
Closer look at the remaining snow on TA
The award winner again
View to the east
Good view of Barnaby Ridge - I'll get there eventually
All of my favourites
The Amoebet has its own far-from-trivial cornice
Two of the Castles finest - Mount Gladstone (just left of centre) and Victoria Peak (right)
The orange and white lichen certainly added more life to an already lively scene
Beaver Mine Lake through the gap
Really green trees
Looking back to TA
Heading for the upper centre to get back to the ridge between Barnaby and The Amoeba
Easy terrain to side-slope and also great to look at
Another look back
A quadruped has led the way through the short section of snow
Barnaby
Colourful rock, snow, and deep blue skies yet again rule my small world
The colourful slopes on the other side
Back on the ridge and finally ready to tackle Barnaby
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