Lake Henderson. Organiser: Nora Flight

Six of us departed the Richmond rendezvous at 7am (before sunrise), and started walking from Trilobite in the Cobb Valley at 9.45am. Lunch was in stages between the tent camp and Lake Cobb. A refreshing cup of tea beside Round Lake at 2.30 revved up any tired bodies for the last climb over the saddle just to the west of Mt Cobb. Cloud came and went as we travelled up the easy tussock slopes, but we still got good views into Henderson and the way for tomorrow.

Perhaps an hour was spent getting down from the saddle to our camping place at the outlet of the lake, on a semi-open mound of smooth rock with stunted forest pocketed around. Lots of space for the 4 tents, bivy bag, and fly. A large roll of fairly new polythene and string was found just in the trees. It is very beautiful here, and no doubt a favourite place for a few.

Sunday's climb up to the base of Mt Prospect was not difficult, just a steady grind for 1.5 hours. Gentians and other botanical delights abounded in rocky crevasses. We climbed over fairly close to the top of Prospect and down a chute on the eastern side for the interesting sidle around to Chaffeys Spur. Lunch, and then homeward bound down the easy spur, only being momentarily slowed by the scrubby steep toe of the Spur.

Trip participants were: Dion Pont, Uta Purcell, Dan McGuire, Grahame Harris, Mark Graesser, and Nora Flight.