Ascents in Mt Barney by Tom P

Leg 2 of the Barney Sufferfest with Moby, Jarred and Geordie. Cycled from Brisbane to Barney, summited then cycled back within a day.

Stinking hot at the start, leaving Yellowpinch at 10:20. Sweated buckets up until the start of the scramble where we were treated to some cloud cover for the rest of the hike. Surprisingly quick, about 2:15 car to summit. Descended Souths and made it back to Yellowpinch at about 4 for a swim. Started cycling home at quarter to five.

Notably Geordies first time up Barney.

Solo ascent up Eagle's while Moby did his double ascent. Had this one on the cards for a while, foiled by COVID on my first attempt. A good day out, partly cloudy and exceptionally windy after Isolated. Phenomenal views from the isolated summit and some enjoyable scrambling from the slops of Tom's Tum onwards. My ITB injury flared up on the ascent.

Met Moby at the East-North saddle and descended Rocky Creek out of interest. Quite tricky and overgrown in the upper section which made going slow. The creek also had enough flow for some of the sections to be a bit hairy, along with some diversions to avoid little cliff lines. Won't be using it again as a descent route. We got fed up with the rock hopping and traversed across to Logans once it flattened out and headed back to Yellowpinch. Moby ran from there to the portals carpark to grab the car; ITB restrained me to walking.

I think next time I'll descend via South-East to turn it into a complete skyline traverse of Barney.

UQMC trip up the gorge. About 12 of us all up. A very slow start lead to a benightment in the gorge on some not so flat ground. Jarred and I agree that it made for a funner/more interesting hike. The gorge itself is fantastic, albeit very bush-bashy in sections. Some of the nicest swimming holes I've had the pleasure of jumping in up there.

Cruisy hike up with Moby, Scosh, Jard, Yas and Elijah. Really enjoyed the scrambling on this ascent and found some new lines on the way up. Moby got some funny pics of the crew.

Just as we started the descent from East peak to rum jungle we got hit by a lightning storm. Sideways rain and lightning flashing increasingly close to us made for an exciting and fast descent to rum jungle. Rain eased off once we got there and the sun came out for the descent down South's.

Time trial up Logan's with Eric, Moby and Jarred. Drove out the arvo before, early night then up at ~3 for a 3:30 get away to beat the heat. Intense nausea caused a short break for Jarred and I just as the sun was rising. Came good after that on the scramble and powered to the top. Pulled Moby and Eric back on route right near the summit in some intense fog.

Car to summit: 2:01:18

Came back with Moby a week after Logans to summit and camp at Rum Jungle for his bday. Moby's first time up. Funny phone calls, smoke and cooee's on the way up. Brilliant sunset on West peak again. Super windy and drizzly at sunrise so we slept in and had a lazy descent down South.

Overnighted at rum jungle with Ruth, Yim, Jard and Cousin Tom. Logans with a pack is substantially harder. Nice sunset on West peak and great star-gazing at the old hut site. Sunrise with Yimin on West peak. Descended South's.

Back logging ascents up Barney. First time with Yas and Ja-Rule. Up Logans and down South-East. Got a little bit lost on one section of SE. Barefoot from the start of the rock on Logans.