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After a day of high winds delayed the expedition somewhat (see Snowys Expedition Underway ), our intrepid scouts and venturers setoff on a cold but clear day to summit Kunama Namadgi (Mt. Kosciusko ), from there Sentinel patrol and Tarn Patrol headed off into the wilderness and Brumby patrol returned back to base camp and to start their Gungarlin river adventure the following day.

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Echidna, our H3 brumby guide reports

Victor Snowys trip day 5: gorgeous day for hiking today. All patrols successfully ascended Mount Kosciusko with high spirits despite the freezing cold winds! 💨
Brumby Patrol (hike3) completed 19.5km hike and are back at Basecamp to rest before heading out on our 3-day journey tomorrow. Sentinel and Tarn patrols are at their first night camps.

Snowys Expedition Day 6, saw H1 (Sentinel) and H2 (Tarn) patrols rise from their first night in the mountains and continue their traverse across the high plains of Australia taking in some spectacular scenery, which brought out the amateur photographer in many of them (and guides too). Whilst H1 took plenty of side trips to bag some peaks. H2 elected to explore some of the perched lakes giving rise to their Patrols name (Tarn), or so we thought, as a request to rename themselves “Petite princess patrol” came through shortly after lunch. We are fortunate that at some of the high points H1/H2 have cellular access and a steady stream of photos came through to tantalise parents, unfortunately H3 doesn’t have cellular access though so we will have to wait for their photos . H3 (Brumby) after an epic 20km day hike to the summit of Kunama Namadgi (Mt. Kosciusko )the day before, set out today on their adventerous journey with Baloo dropping them near Island bend to make their way into the Gungarlin River area. Here they were met by Catfish, with an equipment drop (to maintain pack weight restrictions for our lighter youth) and establishment of a 4WD basecamp.

The day saw our guides (who shadow the patrols) meet up occasionally with their patrols and using their sat devices to communicate occasionally. If the pictures are anything to go by they are having an amazing time.