18-19/10/2014 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay
Looking down our first canyon
Rachel in the canyon
In the canyon
Reversing one of the drops we had abseiled down
Bridging up and over the chockstone
Rachel in a chamber
Climbing a slippery slab
Looking down the canyon
We weren't intending to go through this canyon so had left ropes in place - Rachel reversing the first drop
Rachel prusiking up the drop
Enjoying great views from the cliff edge
Leptospermum? sp
Unknown flower
Glen Trig - looks fairly easy to get on top of, but the sandstone is quite different, much less scramblable, and the gullies are thick with scrub
Rachel on ledges on the Trig
Scrambling on the Trig - well, we should have been on the next pagodas over, leaving us on the wrong side of a very scrubby gully!
Tom on the summit
Panoramic views, looking over the Wolgan
Cliffs of Glen Trig
Rachel heading out to a flattish spot for camping, with Marathon Mountain in the background
Rock arch - there were numerous of these on top. This particular sandstone seems to weather in layers, and has little or no ironstone in it
Marathon Mountain
Our tent at sunset, with the Capertee Cliffs behind
Sunset from Glen Trig
Rachel
Dawn
Mt Gundangaroo
Wollemi Wilderness
The twin humped mountain that is possibly the highest point on the Wolgan-Capertee Divide in Wollemi NP
Our tent
Rachel looking through another arch
Rachel abseiling into our next canyon
Canyon formation
Looking down the last drop in the canyon, before it goes over a large cliff
Further upstream there was another section of mild canyon
Rachel bridging up a short drop
Rachel in the canyon
Rachel scrambling up another drop
The final awkward climb to get out the top
The scrub has had the better of Rachel!
Traversing under cliffs on the way out