Spending Easter in the Garden of Eden

April 2008
by Richard Davies

Easter Friday saw Richard Davies, Hannah Mcgregor and Ben Clark battling a typically fresh westerly breeze up the Clyde. Rain (and the thought of sharing McCoy with Thar hunters) forced an early stop at Watchdog hut, and we didn’t begin again until Saturday afternoon when the rain stopped. Saturday night was spent in the clag at the confluence of the Agnes and the Frances. Sunday was a great day and we made the long slog up the Wee Mcgregor to Perth Col, with plenty of slots en route. Many other slots were negotiated on the top of the Perth glacier, but the good campsites at Adams Col were safely reached. The plateau itself was surprisingly slow travel and quite cut up in places (needless to say quite different from my previous visit there in Feb 2001) but was negotiable to the head of Adverse Creek which we descended into and camped in lower down. From there we bounced down the boulders of the Perth for a night at Scone hut. After a night in Bettison stream, bad weather prevented us sneaking across Dennistoun Pass which meant a rather longer trek back to the car via the now flooded Perth and some lucky hitch hiking from Whataroa. Another great Transalpine wander.