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After lunch at Lake Castalia, we headed back, then cut across to the top of Lucidus Lake where a natural path lead up to the top of the retaining mraine. The Concensus was it was too dangerous to climb down the inner moraine to the Lake so we headed back to the North Branch track.
water escaping Lake Castalia 493K
Help crossing river 495K
composite of Lucidus Lake 497K
Ice at top of Lucidus 498K
Falls into Lucidus 499K
Ian on rock 500K
Lucidus Lake from mouth 505K
Rocks before Lake Diana 508K
Composite 1st lake (unnamed) 511K
Side river 513K
The English tourists had gone up to hold a small memorial service at Lucidus Lake for Anthony (who had fallen to his death on Franz Joseph Glacier), but had then walked around the edge to climb out over the moraine. Understandably this took longer than there was light in the day and so the tour organiser (who hadn't gone up the lake edge) had to go back up with some torches!