22-26/04/2011 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Richard Pattison, Andrew "Smiffy" Smith

Day 4

Rachel at camp

The daily routine - drying everything!

Smiffy on the ridge on the way to our next camp

Coorongooba scenery

Rich at a lookout

Grassy basalt clearing

Rachel climbing down a log into our next canyon

Smiffy

Rachel

Smiffy in a narrow corridor

Rich videoing

Rich bridging high out of the canyon...

...to emerge through this hole. There was a massive blockup which we initially thought we might have to dig through. Luckily we were able to climb up and over as we would have been digging for a very long time!

Rich on the first abseil

Rich bridging

Smiffy

Rich

Rachel

Rich on a short abseil

Smiffy on the short abseil

Rich on the next drop

Looking down the fourth abseil

Rich watching Rachel abseil

Canyon formation

Rachel

Smiffy keeping dry with the crop-top look

Rachel

Rachel

Rich above the lower section of canyon. We had climbed up here to see if we could avoid a deep looking pool but no luck. Turned out the pool was less than nipple deep (for me!)

In our exit gully

Smiffy on the only tricky section in the exit gully

Smiffy, Rich and Rachel on the ridge