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Carlon Head is the impressive point on the west side of [[Narrow Neck]] overlooking [[Carlons Farm]]. It was originally known as Little [[Clear Hill]], but renamed Carlon Head after the Carlon family by Myles Dunphy in 1930.((Michael Keats & Brian Fox, //The Passes of Narrow Neck//, 2008, p. 53)) | Carlon Head is the impressive point on the west side of [[Narrow Neck]] overlooking [[Carlons Farm]]. It was originally known as Little [[Clear Hill]], but renamed Carlon Head after the Carlon family by Myles Dunphy in 1930.((Michael Keats & Brian Fox, //The Passes of Narrow Neck//, 2008, p. 53)) | ||
- | It was first descended in 1932 by Harry Whaite and members | + | The top of Carlon Head is separated from the scree slopes below by three main clifflines. The bottom cliffline is around 8m high; the imposing middle cliffline is around 15m, including a vertical wall of about 7m, with steep dropoffs on either side; the top cliffline is about 20m high, in a series of three or four " |
- | It was subsequently descended by Charles Culberg and Ron Compagnoni, though despite the author' | + | It was first descended in 1932 by Harry Whaite and members of the Warrigal Club. They were planning to descend Clear Hill but a navigational error meant they ended up at Carlon Head instead.((Michael Keats & Brian Fox, //The Passes of Narrow Neck//, 2008, p. 53))((Brian Fox, 'The Last Warrigal', |
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+ | It was subsequently descended by Charles Culberg and Ron Compagnoni, though despite the author' | ||
The climb was repeated by the Tigers of the Sydney Bush Walkers at the end of an epic Gangerang trip on the Anzac Day Weekend in 1937. Jack Debert and Gordon Smith formed a base, Alex Colley stood on top of them, and then Bill McCosker and Dot English (later Butler) were able climb to the top of the middle pitch and let down a rope for the rest.((Gordon Smith, 'The Epic Gangerang Trip', //The Bush Walker//, Vol. 1, 1937, pp. 8-14)) | The climb was repeated by the Tigers of the Sydney Bush Walkers at the end of an epic Gangerang trip on the Anzac Day Weekend in 1937. Jack Debert and Gordon Smith formed a base, Alex Colley stood on top of them, and then Bill McCosker and Dot English (later Butler) were able climb to the top of the middle pitch and let down a rope for the rest.((Gordon Smith, 'The Epic Gangerang Trip', //The Bush Walker//, Vol. 1, 1937, pp. 8-14)) |
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