In reply to Rob Parsons:
> As a final PS: Simon Bischoff (the co-author of the book reviewed here) has a good film about an ascent of Blade Ridge on Federation available on Vimeo ...
And as a PPS (!), here's a great little film about a tough trip ('just' a walk ...) by two German guys - Andy Ebert and Christoph Michel - who finally made the route from the New River lagoon all the way upriver to Federation Peak in 2017, having previously failed (and been choppered out) trying the same thing in 2015:
That's PB you can see towering in the distance at about 0:08 (and following frames.)
That is very hard country to travel in; those lads must be mentally tough as nails; and, best of all, they appear to be having a great time throughout!
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