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