Blacks Ladders and Ben Esgate Pass

Smiffy also has photos from this trip

Ruslan climbing down the spikes on Blacks Ladders

Rebecca on the slippery lower section of the pass

Waterfall at the bottom of Blacks Ladders

Sue and Ruslan on one of the ledges

Evelyn on another ledge

Ruslan scrambling

Evelyn watching Rebecca descend

David scrambling

Rebecca gets a bit of a shower from a small waterfall

Our ledge runs out and we backtrack below it

Smiffy under an overhang

Looking across to Megalong Head

Smiffy having a higher faith in the grippy qualities of loose claystone than most

Ruslan and Sue

David, Jason, Rebecca and Smiffy looking quite casual on the very narrow ledge around Megalong Head

Sue on the ledges leading up to Esgate Pass

David scrambling on the same ledges

Sue, Rebecca, Jason and Smiffy on the ledge below the chains

Rebecca looking positively happy on the chains...

...while Jason contemplates his next step.

Ruslan also enjoying things...

... as is Evelyn.

And so is Smiffy. This is supposed to be hair-raising, peoples, not fun!

That's better!

Just as we get to the top we start hearing thunder in the distance. Better now than earlier!

We take a quick detour out to the trig for a few more views before the walk back to the cars.