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« on: December 28, 2007, 06:58:31 AM » |
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Rather than making a new thread for all of the trips I go on, I will post them all to this one thread for now on. This will serve two functions - Firstly it will let people know where I am going so anyone interested in joining us can contact me, and secondly it will act as some documentation of our exact trip intentions in case anything should go wrong. So I will try to keep it as accurate as possible.
So to start with, today (Friday 28Dec07) we are doing Arethusa canyon. We plan on meeting Trevor and Jon at Katoomba at about 9:30am, then driving to the airfield as described in Jamisons Canyons Near Sydney. We will walk in to the canyon, complete the canyon, and exit via the abseil then walking around Carne wall to the Juggler Canyon exit.
We will have the maps, a compass and GPS on us, a 50m static rope, and I think Trevor or Jon will have a 35m rope as a spare, otherwise we will carry a spare dynamic rope I have as a reserve. Rob and I will carry headlamps. I expect to only be using thermals for warmth as it is going to be a lovely day and the canyon is short.
See you all later!
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2007, 01:55:59 AM » |
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OK, made it home. Finally. Reached the cars at 11:20pm - not the intended time. Walking up the tracks in the dark was not fun....
Meh. home now. sleep.
Day after: I should add some comments on this trip. We had trouble finding our way in to the canyon following the Canyons Near Sydney directions, and had to just navigate our own way in. We spent longer getting into the creek, longer in the creek and longer in the canyon than expected. But that wasn't the real problem. The real problem was the 6+ hours spent exiting the canyon along a very steep scree slope at the bottom of Carne Wall. There was no consistent track, and it was precarious walking the majority of the time. We were benighted just before we reached the river below Beauchamp falls (we dropped down to it so we could cross and get on the track on the other side before night fall, rather than have to keep negotiating the precarious slopes in darkness).
Five of us walked out along the walking tracks (up to, and then along Pilcher Trail) in darkness under the power of 2 headlamps and two weak hand held torches. Police were called by a couple of our contacts, but we managed to get an SMS out by 10:30pm, and back into phone reception by 11pm to calm everything back down.
A very long and hard day for us.
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2008, 11:14:53 PM » |
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Wollangambe Two
We plan on doing Wollangambe Two this Friday. Nothing solid yet, but I expect a few of the usuals to be coming along.
If you want to join us, PM me or post here. Accurate trip intention details to be posted morning of the Canyon.
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008, 11:21:57 AM » |
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Sorry Scratch last. Forgot, we've been planning on doing the Coast Walk on the 3rd and 4th of January...which would cover this Friday. So I can't canyon this week.
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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2008, 08:01:59 AM » |
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OK, Leaving now for Coast Walk, Royal National Park. Otford to Bundeena Direction. Staying overnight at North Era, or maybe Garie. Group of 4-6 people. Carrying basic hiking stuff - tent, sleeping bag, bedroll, clothes, torches. I think everyone on the trip has done the walk before, and I can't imagine anything possibly going wrong...
Nonetheless Cat is our home contact: 0422648838
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2008, 09:28:21 PM » |
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Everything went fine. Sunny days after an initial fog/drizzle. Coast Walk still looks great.
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2008, 07:02:09 PM » |
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Heading up to meet Two people guys from the UNSWOC tomorrow morning at the Cathedral Reserve Mount Wilson to do Whungee-Wheengee. Stewart will be leading the trip and has done the canyon twice before. We will have two 60m ropes, and I will carry a headlamp as well as the usuals: wetstuit of course. Dry bags. dry thermals...
I will park at the Cathedral Reserve (white mitsubishi station wagon), will walk down Wollangambe One Exit path, cross river, walk up ridge, then drop into canyon. Complete canyon, then complete Wollangambe two, and walk up Wollangambe Two exit back to the Cathedral reserve. All 3 trip members are experienced canyoners.
Hope to get there before 9am. Hope to be out before 6pm (at a guess from the 'Long Day' description in Jamieson.) - otherwise nightfall should raise concerns. Cat will once again be my alarm raiser: 0422 648 838
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« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2008, 08:55:24 PM » |
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Whungee-Wheengee.
Awesome Canyon. Straight up the favourites list.
Left Cars at 9:30am, back to Cars at 5:15pm.
The Duck Unders and the Glow Worm cave was incredible, and the fact that it is 100% awesome canyon from start to finish is the best bit. Plus then, when you are finished it all, you get to reminisce about it while you float down Wollangambe Two.
Highly Recommended.
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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2008, 09:32:48 PM » |
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Friday the 11th January 08 Canyoning. Rob, Myself, Trevor and friend, and maybe Alan and Jake, and someone else. I'm looking at Water-Dragon Canyon, or Geronimo Canyon, but haven't spoken to anyone else about this yet.
So Jake, Trev, Rob - which canyon would you prefer?
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2008, 07:52:09 PM » |
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Water Dragon sounds great - not that waterfall of moss didn't but since its a dry canyon we gona save that for colder months or what.
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« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2008, 12:00:36 AM » |
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Yeah exactly. I didn't realise that it was a dry canyon until my second reading of it.
Jake can't come friday, so I've gone and decided to do Geronimo on Thursday, and we'll do Water Dragon on Friday.
So I think we have room for one or two more people on Thursday (currently Me, Rob and Jake), and maybe one more person on Friday (currently me, rob, Trev+friend).
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« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2008, 10:26:18 AM » |
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This Friday we will be doing Water Dragon Canyon.
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2008, 10:23:40 PM » |
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Wednesday 16th January, 4 of us are doing Water Dragon Canyon (grade 4) and maybe Wollangambe Two (grade 1?). All four are experienced canyoners - Me, Rob, Jake and Rowan and Rowan has done Water Dragon before (we three others have not).
Start ~9:30am, complete water dragon and depending on the time of day plan on doing Wollangambe Two also. Rob wants to be back in Sydney before 8pm, so we should be back to the cars before 5:30pm.
Carrying headlamps, 60m rope + spare rope (probably 50m), wearing wetsuits.
Cat has details and will be alarm raiser : 0422 648 838
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« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2008, 11:10:36 PM » |
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Back to the car by about 4pm with a very casual day, and about 30 min spent searching for my digital camera at the bottom of a deep part of the Wollangambe.
All well otherwise.
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2008, 12:11:48 PM » |
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ooh cool. good for you!
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