06/04/2013 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Richard Pattison, Vivien de Remy de Courcelles, Melissa Thomas
Vivien abseiling into the creek (unnecessarily, as we found a pass through this cliffline just downstream!)
Views across the valley of the main creek
Vivien and Mel explore a narrow slot
Mel abseiling the next cliffline
Rich in the canyon
Vivien on the abseil
Looking down the next drop in the canyon
Mel on the abseil
Vivien on the next abseil
Rich on the final abseil
In the main creek, Mel on a log walk
Rich boldly leads up the pass
An amazing caterpillar with a topknot
Vivien climbing the pass
Rich empties his volley at the top of Sand Pile Pass!
Views back across the valley to where we descended
Looking down our next creek, it's a long drop!
Rich on the first abseil
From halfway down the abseil, it's still a long way down!
Rich on the next abseil
Rich
Rich on the abseil again (after climbing up another way)
Rich
Rich checking out the anchor for the next drop
Rich on the final abseil
Canyon formation
Mel abseiling
Canyon formation
Rich
Canyon formation
Rich climbing down the last bit
Canyon formation
Mel on the climbdown
Back in the main creek, unfortunately a swim (both Rich and I had been here previously when it had been a wade!)
Mel
Vivien in canyon in the main creek
Canyon