Geronimo – Beginner/Intermediate Canyon

Get keen for a canyon!

This Saturday Brendon and I will be doing Geronimo canyon. It’ll be a great trip with swims, abseils and stunning scenery.

We will be driving up to Mt Wilson on Saturday morning, and planning to come back to Sydney that evening after the canyon. We’ll be organising car pooling in the next couple of days.

People coming on this trip will need to be able to swim, and abseiling skills would be good. But if you haven’t abseiled before and you’re super keen to learn then you should sign up, and just let both of us know. This canyon also requires a decent level of fitness as there is a hilly walk in and out.

Make sure to let us know if you have a car if you’re coming on the trip – we can only get to this canyon by car so drivers will be given priority. Any questions message Brendon Yiu or me (Ash Brennan).

List of things you need is below. Note that you need to borrow your own gear from the club. The gear night is tomorrow (Wednesday) night 6 – 6:30 pm. If you can’t go to that/miss out, message Brendon & I.

Canyoning gear: A harness*, a helmet*, a locking carabiner* attached to an ATC*, a second locking carabiner* attached to a safety sling*, and a third locking carabiner* attached to a prusik cord*. Also a wetsuit*, a drybag*, a torch (preferably headtorch), and a backpack that can fit ALL your gear in and that can get wet.

(* – you can borrow these from the gear cupboard)

clothing: Enclosed shoes with good grip, wollen socks, boardshorts to wear on top of the wetsuit (this is compulsory if you borrow the wetsuit from the club, to protect it), warm clothes such as thermals/raincoat that you’ll put in your dry bag (in case we get stuck you need to carry something warm and dry).

Food: 2 l of water, food or snacks

Other gear: sunscreen, cash ($5-$10) for petrol, medicines if you need them (asthma puffer, etc), a pair of flipflops to leave in the car (since your shoes will get wet), and a phone full of battery.