Category Archives: Abseiling

Abseiling the Shark Hole

Posted on November 10, 2019 by marilyn

CATHERINE HILL BAY – 10 November 2019 Years ago, we’d talked about abseiling into the slot at the Shark Hole, but we never got around to it, possibly because we figured you’d have to prussik out of it, or, I … Continue reading →

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What else can go wrong? Plans A – G

Posted on October 30, 2019 by marilyn

WOLLEMI NATIONAL PARK – 26 – 30 October 2019 This was to be my epic Rambo Creek Expedition …  if nothing else, this trip proved the value in continually reassessing the situation, being flexible and on-the-spot quick thinking.  But sometimes … Continue reading →

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The Fabulous Falls Abseil Trip

Posted on October 20, 2019 by marilyn

NEWNES PLATEAU – 20 October 2019 A new off the beaten track abseil trip pioneered by Mike B and Lozz C of Upper Blue Mountains Bushwalking Club.  I felt so fortunate … I was on a trip with the pioneers, … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Love

Posted on October 19, 2019 by marilyn

BLAXLAND – 19 October 2019 As Kenneth Grahame said in The Wind in the Willows “believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about” well,  it was “in … Continue reading →

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Making up for M’s Folly

Posted on September 15, 2019 by marilyn

NEWNES PLATEAU – 15 September 2019 Our second day’s canyoning was a canyon I’d wanted to do for over four years but just never had the opportunity.  It’s an unpublished canyon, but for this post we’ll call it Portal Canyon.  … Continue reading →

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