A fantastic weekend of canyoning and abseiling.
Highlights of the weekend
- Gavin very kindly lending us lots of gear for Andre to use (tent, sleeping bag, wet suit, mattress, harness).
- Meeting Prajwal at 6 am at Home Bush station to get a lift to Mount Wilson. Andre stayed at my place overnight and we got the Uber. Good call as we had loads of gear!
- Getting to show Andre the Blue Mountains and how much he loved the whole experience. He's an inspiration to us all. We can only hope to be as fit as him when we are 68!
- Srini, Warren, Bart: Experienced canyoners who were very patient with us beginners and kept us completely safe.
- Andre, on one occasion, abseiling upside down!
- A 15 metre abseil into a stunning cavern followed by the canyon getting so deep and narrow, it was almost pitch black.
- Rayu's outfit with wet suit head covering. He looked bad ass!
- Swimming an epic 400 metres at the end.
- An orgy of meat cooked on the camp fire: Beef, Lamb, Goat, Chicken kebabs. Yum. The butter chicken soup was also delicious.
- Waking up to beautiful mist on Sunday morning and taking photos.
- Discovering an enormous leech feasting on me in the car. I shrieked like a little girl!
- Stopping off for a view of the Three Sisters in the mist on the way home. Andre and Prawjal had never seen it before.
Getting ready to leave for our adventure
The walk in to the canyon
Putting on our gear
Into the canyon
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| A 400 metre swim at the end! |
Climbing back out
A well-earned break
Waking up to beautiful mist on Sunday morning
Three Sisters on the way home
Finding a huge leach on my leg in the car!
