Category Archives: Abseiling

SRT with Bailey

Posted on May 28, 2017 by marilyn

CASTLE HILL – 28 May 2017 If you want to canyon or do vertical caves, you have to know how to self-rescue.  I’ve been restricted from taking Bailey canyoning because up until now, all he’d done was abseil down the … Continue reading →

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Wild Women on Ropes

Posted on May 9, 2017 by marilyn

BLUE DRUM CREEK – Kings Tableland –  7 May, 2017 The pre-trip rider from the leader stated the trip was “quite challenging … involves a few hairy scrambles … some tricky abseils … challenging scramble to exit”, so, it was with some trepidation … Continue reading →

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In search of Watagan “canyons”

Posted on April 25, 2017 by marilyn

WATAGAN MOUNTAINS – Unnamed side creek of Gap Creek – 25 April 2017 Pretty much everyone up this way knows about the mini canyon section of Gap Creek, but sometime ago, the late Dug Floyd posted a comment on FB that … Continue reading →

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Pilcher by Night

Posted on November 7, 2016 by marilyn

Pilcher/Juggler Canyon – 5 November 2016 It was meant to be a quiet weekend but sometimes there’s just too much to do!   I had persuaded Albert and Eli to go and do Pilcher by Night on Saturday night, David S … Continue reading →

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I’ve finally abseiled Kilimanjaro

Posted on July 11, 2016 by marilyn

ABSEILING – BLUE MOUNTAINS – 9 July 2016 I’d known about these abseils for some time but didn’t quite know where they were.  When a trip came up on the calendar for Upper Blue Mountains Bushwalking Club, combining Africa Walls, Kilimanjaro, … Continue reading →

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