Hey everyone, hope you are keen to start the term! Come join Jayden and I this Saturday for a fun time exploring the best part of the blue mountains! The canyons!
Expect a great day canyoning for around 8 hours with plenty of bushwalking, rock scrambling, cold swims, water jumps, and abseiling.
We’ll walk down to the canyon, swim and abseil through the cold water in wetsuits, and then walk out with soggy wet bags on our backs.
Please make sure you bring ALL gear listed below!
Gear available to borrow from the Gear Cupboard:
- Harness
- Helmet
- 2x locking carabiners
- 1x Figure 8 / Descender
- 1x Safety sling
- Drybag
- Wetsuit (check that it fits!!)
- Emergency blanket – (can buy from Gear Cupboard for $5 or from chemists, shops, etc)
Other gear you MUST bring:
- Backpack that can fit ALL your gear and that can get wet (30L+)
- Clothing:
- Enclosed shoes with good grip, suitable for water and bushwalking
- Wool or neoprene socks
- Boardshorts to wear on top of wetsuit (compulsory to protect the club wetsuits)
- Thermals and raincoat
- Swimmers for under wetsuit
- NO COTTON! (this includes socks, shirts, pants, etc)
- Food:
- 2L of water
- Lunch
- Snacks to share!
- Other:
- Medication (asthma puffer, Epipen etc)
- Headtorch + spare batteries
- dry clothes for the drive home
In the comments let us know your abseiling/canyoning experience (none is ok!!), if you have a car and how many spots you have, and your favourite river!
Get keen
Attendees
- Malina Schneider
- Daniel Gilbert
- Jayden Maisel
- Omalina Wolfe
- Enbai Ji
- Tobias Hardung
- Gina Browning
- Michael Alexander