The troop was bound up the mountain on the first train of the morning to meet at Wentworth Falls at 6:10AM. For two of us, this was all too familiar having been here at the same time ahead of the previous fortnight’s foray into the Carmarthen Labyrinth. This time, we would be heading down Ranon Canyon, taking the Mistake Ravine entry to save time. An hour…
Perhaps with the exception of freezefest (where most today seem to do dry canyons anyway), canyoning in winter seems to be rather unpopular. Just 10 days from the official end of winter, our party of 4 decided to enjoy the rather warm winters day with a trip through Claustral. At 6:20AM…
After running a rather unsuccessful narrow neck passes trip in June, where we were bushbashing through very dense scrub for a dishearteningly long time only to discover that we couldn’t ascend the pass we were looking for, I knew I had to come back for redemption. So, me and Ben (who was also very keen for narrow neck pt.2) picked a weekend, and I asked a few people if they’d be interested, eventually settling the night before on a group of 3; me, Ben and Kevin. Bushbashing hell…
Budawangs Adventure Paul (Trip Leader), Adrian, Zhan, Elias, Fabio, Marty This trip was conceived like so many before over a few beers at a pub in Katoomba. Paul had unfinished business with the fabled Darri Pass in the Budawangs and both of us were keen to go back to Donjon Mountain, the scene of one of our best ever trips. A plan…
Shortened Multiday (5 days) Hike. Proof we did it is in the Photographs shared here. Photography Credits: Shahar (first three), Nathalie (next Six) Much thanks to everyone involved! Thanks to Terry and Liam for advice and gear.
Potentially the two most popular Tasmanian alpine walks, the Overland Track and the Walls of Jerusalem Circuit, sit within 30km of each other so it is quite surprising that linking the two up is somewhat rare. This piqued our interest; surely there was a way and we wanted to do it. Thus, this…
When planning this hike, I was looking for a good challenging, long distance hike in the Blue Mountains. Looking into Narrow Neck, a massive sandstone peninsula separating Jamison and Megalong valleys, I found out about the Narrow Neck passes, 13ish bushbashing/scrambling routes that (one would think) lead from the top of Narrow Neck to the valley below. After doing…
Another day with our new leaders, where we did a series of abseils down Castle Head towards Ruined Castle. We did 6 dry abseils, with beginners getting valuable experience through some tricky abseils and new leaders having some practice rigging and anchor managing. The day was quite dramatic and hence warrants a trip report. We got…
With canyon season “over”, we were keen to get out to Kanangra and tick off some of the easier canyons out there. With the canyons being much more open and thus warmer than the slot canyons in the rest of the Blue Mountains, they are much more suitable for a brisk June weekend. We each…
As the coldness sinks in and the canyoning season comes to an end, I thought it’d be a great time for us to start training up new canyoning co-leaders. Leadership training within our club has been far and few between, and it’s important to have them run regularly to avoid the same downturn as we’ve had years before. The idea…