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Omega Livingston successfully measures Mt. Bowles
11:34 a.m. EST Dec 18, 2003
The team successfully summited Mt. Bowles and were able to get the raw data off to Australia. Everything worked without a hitch and they were even able to received the data analysis – Mt Bowles - 821.878m
Damien and the Omega Livingston team’s latest dispatch:
Friday, December 12th:
“Two days ago we had an hour of blue sky - from then on it has been back to cloud, light snow and no visibility. So no climbing - we need to be able to see more than 50m ahead of us to find the route up the Ramp through the crevasses to the Col, let alone on the corniced ridge above. Obviously time is wearing on, but we're hoping for just a short break of OK weather to get our job done. Twice now we've pushed up in poor weather, hoping it would clear en-route just enough for us to see the terrain, but both times it just got worse.
This morning JB and I skied over to Orpheus Pass, which overlooks the Hurd Peninsula and out to the western coastline of Livingston Island - nice view, but not the one we want.
On the GPS front, we ran our Mt Bowles data session through the Australian AUSPOS system, which again worked no problem via Iridium, and so we now know that Mt Bowles is 822m above sea level (actually it was 821.878m, but .....)”
Damien
On the expedition this year will be Damien Gildea, 34, of Australia, Chilean Rodrigo Fica, 36, an Australian GIS specialist John Bath, 33, and a Chilean student, Osvaldo Usaj. The aim this year is to first ascend Mount Friesland on Livingston Island and record it’s proper height by means of a GPS.
The information collected by the Omega expedition will be combined with previous maps and research to make a more accurate map of the area that will be available sometime in 2004.
Image of Damein courtesy of Damien Gildea
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