01/06/2019 - photos
Participants: Andrew "Smiffy" Smith, Sue Bucknell, Toni Bachvarova, Vivien de Remy de Courcelles
Early start out to the Walls
View from the Tops
Kanangra Tops
Classic lookout views
Smiffy looks out on the broken cliffs of Kanangra Deep
The ridge leading to Thurat Spires
Kanangra Creek
Thurat Spires and Spire Head
Sue and Toni at Gordon Smiths Pass
Sue and Toni descending off Kilpatrick Causeway
The lower steep section of the Spires ridge
Higher up it becomes more rocky...
...and narrows to a knife-edge
Sue looking for a way up at the bottom of the Eastern Spire
Vivien finds the way up and Smiffy follows
Sue climbing
Scrambling higher - Vivien and Sue
Smiffy on the steep ridge below
Toni and Smiffy near the top of the scrambling on the Eastern Spire
Vivien on the Eastern Spire, looking across to the Western Spire and Spire Head
Sue descending to the saddle
Smiffy on a short downclimb
Smiffy crossing the knife-edge saddle between the Eastern and Western Spires
Toni on the saddle, with the Pooken Hole down to the left
Sue and Vivien checking out a steep looking section
A way up presents itself just around to the left - Toni climbing
Toni lowering the rope for the first of three abseils, though Vivien and Smiffy climb down this one
Sue on the abseil
Sue on the second abseil
Smiffy at the top of the third abseil
Climbing up Spire Head
Smiffy and the Western Spire
Wedge-tailed eagles on top of the Western Spire
Sue climbing Spire Head
Obligatory selfie to get the Insta crowd here!
Group selfie with everyone (hard to do with P&S camera!) - but what are you doing Smiffy!!
Thurat Spires from Spire Head
Near the top of Spire Head
Kanangra Walls
Sunbeams on the Boyd Plateau