And the early morning sun reflecting off the dam made the view even more beautiful. Strange seeing my mountains from the other direction: Coonowrin, the crooked neck at the left, Tibrogargan top centre. You can even see Tiberoowuccum on Tib's right. I believe Ngungun is directly behind Coonowrin.
It was a much nicer climb in the dry.
Scrambling up the 'bowl' got us to the cliff face, which was incredible, sheer and impassable although people do climb it.
View straight up the cliff from below.
We then climbed around the base of the cliff to continue our ascent along one of the ridges, as clearly, the cliff wasn't going to be our route.
We even investigated a bat cave, I have no photos of this but John had a torch and we slipped down into the cave on our hands and knees and crawled along to see the little bats. So cool - creepy, but cool.
The bare path that looks like a river is our rocky scramble up the bowl: probably about 45 degree slope at a guess? Definitely not as technical as Tib.
From another angle (the opposite side of the bowl)
Made it to the top! A cool picture even if John is unable to keep a horizon straight!
Proof that I did not climb alone. This is John, a friendly climber I met yesterday on Tibrogargan, and who helped me safely navigate Beerwah today.
It was o so breathtaking and o so beautiful. Dad, you will truly love this mountain!!
Put me down for Beerwah. Some beer too, for the summit. I don't get the caption to your first picture. You are looking due East, and the bright stuff in the horizon must be the sun reflected from the ocean. Closer, to the right of the cooked tooth Coonowrin (climbable?), is something that looks like water, but I cannot find any match on a map. So what what is this 'dam' you speak of?
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