*Update*
I descended the NW route this afternoon.
Approaching the “Traverse path” to the top of “The Bridge” I could see evidence of rockfall on the path.
After some aerial acrobatics to swing over and climb onto the ledge, I had a good look around.
I have written a bit of a “summary” below.
“There has been a small rockfall from the face of rocks just above the traverse path that leads to the top of “The Bridge”.
The area affected is between the 1st and 2nd anchor of the traverse.
This rock fall has impacted the “path” and compromised the solidity of it, leaving it in a crumbled state in parts.
Users of the traverse path need to exercise extreme caution, both for any further rockfall and also for the extremely likelihood of knocking stones down the open pot onto the route below. Keeping on the “inside” of the traverse line, whilst a bit more inconvenient, would help mitigate any potential problems.
Anyone venturing deeper into Alum Pot needs to exercise caution regarding the potential of rocks from above.”
End of “official” report.
Some aspects of the rockfall were a bit hard to understand, particularly the large flat area (shown in pictures with a stop for scale).
As Tim mentioned in an earlier post, when you start looking around it is quite sobering the “condition” of the rock in places. There are definitely some areas that look “suspect” above the path. The area above the rockfall also appears to be the route of a stream from a bedding plane above.
I think some “gardening” maybe beneficial and I am happy to put it on my “to do” list. Any advice gladly appreciated.
Some photos below and more on the link (inc some interesting videos).
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13CwK7vymWwuvdhyPota8qDuVwO_6hc80
Take care.
Ian