Matt, Emily, and I (Jason) will be running an intermediate canyoning trip through Upper Bowens South Canyon on the Saturday the 16th. Come join us for a fun day in some high quality canyon!
This is a long day out (8+ hours) and it involves some cold swimming, abseiling, and lots of walking! All participants must have experience abseiling and hiking. Have a read of the track notes here.
Please make you sure bring ALL required gear.
Gear available to borrow from the club:
- Harness
- Helmet
- 3x locking carabiners
- 1x Figure 8 / Descender
- 1x Safety sling
- Drybag
- Wetsuit
- Backpack that canย fit ALL your gear and that can get wet (30L+)
Other gearย you MUST bring:
- Clothing:
- Enclosed shoes withย good grip, suitable for water and bushwalking
- Wool or neopreneย socks
- Boardshorts to wearย on top of wetsuit (compulsory to protect the club wetsuits)
- Thermals and raincoat
- Swimmers for under wetsuit
- NO COTTON!ย (this includes socks, shirts, pants, undies, etc)
- Food:
- 2L of water
- Lunch
- Snacks to share (with me)
- Other:
- Medication (asthma puffer,ย Epipen etc)
- Headtorch + spare batteries
- Emergency blanket โ (can buy from Gear Cupboard for $5 or from chemists, shops, etc)
To let me know you have read this far please tell me what your canyoning or abseiling/hiking experience is and the what your favourite snack is.
Bonus points if you bring said favourite snack to share with me.
Attendees
- Matthew Notarangelo
- Emily Dowling
- Jason Brand
- Sonia Pillai
- Michael Alexander
- Yuang Tan
- Ryan Van Dyk