26/12/2013-01/01/2014 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay, Richard Pattison, Andrew "Smiffy" Smith, Antoniya Bachvarova, Sue Bucknell

Day 6

Toni, Smiffy and Sue above the first creek we checked out - not canyon!

Day 6 - Canyon 1

Rachel above our next creek

The bridge club - this one looks a bit better

Sue scrambling down the narrow slot

Smiffy watching Sue

Rachel wading

Smiffy about to brave the pool

Toni and Smiffy

Rachel above a pretty arch

At the end of the canyon we scramble up steep slabs and exit on to the ridge

Day 6 - Canyon 2

It was then a short walk to our next canyon. Sue swimming after the first abseil.

Smiffy on the second abseil

Smiffy

Sue

Rachel on the third abseil

Sue on the abseil

Sue

Rich takes the high road while Toni takes the low (and wet) road

The party at the final drop

Rich watching Sue abseil

Rich on the fourth abseil

We then scramble around the cliffs looking for a pass down, which doesn't come easily

Day 6 - Canyon 3 (well not really, as while we had heard it was a canyon, it was rubbish. OK, a nice creek)

Sue climbing up a drop in our next creek. Rich has scrambled up steep ledges on the other side to put a rope down.

Views from the lookout

Rich and I head back into the upper section of the creek. Rich in the "canyon"

Tom in the canyon (Photo - Rich)

Tom on the little rock climb out (Photo - Rich)

Rich and Rachel enjoy a moody sunset, the smoke from the fire at Gospers Mountain causing the sky to turn yellow

Numietta views

A fire fighting helicopter flies low

Effects of smoke and cloud

Sunset

Our ridge top camp