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SUMMARY:Empress (edit: & Grand) Canyon - Beginners
DESCRIPTION:Hey everyone! Dion and I will be running the first beginners ca
 nyon of the year this Sunday - EMPRESS.\nWe'll work out transport and stuf
 f in the facebook thread\, but it'll be either train or carpooling by meet
 ing at say the Physics Lawn at uni at 7:30ish.\n\nI hear it's very beautif
 ul and one awesome big abseil at the end.\nYou must be a current member of
  the club to sign up\, sign up online today! (2014 members will last til s
 tart of march).\n\nLOWDOWN\n\nTo get an idea of how things will work and t
 he logistics of how to end up in dry underwear:\n\nThere's a short hike to
  the canyon\, you need a backpack to hold wetsuit\, lunch\, water\, harnes
 s etc.\nWhen we get to it's start we change into wetsuits and harnesses wi
 th board shorts over the wetsuit to protect it (and swimmers or undies you
  were already wearing under the wetsuit if you are modest like me :p)\nYou
  put dry stuff like your shirt into dry bags (which have your lunch in the
 m) and put your helmets on.\n\nWe then go through the awesome waterland of
  the canyon\, swims\, jumps\, slides\, abseils and stopping somewhere for 
 lunch. Keep snacks and water handy (Or just drink the canyon water\, I hea
 r it's fine...)\n\nAt the very end we change out of wetsuits back into the
  dry shirt/clothes (boardies and undies/swimmers will still be wet though!
 ) to hike back.\nThen hopefully you left dry bottoms/shorts/undies in the 
 car and you can change back into them then. Thongs are a must too\, for ha
 ppiness.\n\nGEAR\n\nWhat you'll need.\n\n- Wetsuit and swimmers:\n\nYou ca
 n borrow a wetsuit from a friend\, borrow from the club\, although there w
 ill be a limited supply\, or check out second hand stores and gumtree or h
 ire from surf shops.\nWear swimmers or undies under the wetsuit and have b
 oardies to wear over the wetsuit to protect it.\n\n-Harness\, Belay Plate\
 , Helmet\n\nAll can be borrowed from the club\, let me know what you need\
 , or go to the gear cupboard yourself on Wednesday evening (gear night)\n\
 n- Woolen Socks and Enclosed shoes\n\nVolleys (are the best) or old jogger
 s. They will get soaked. Places like target and bigw sell volleys for arou
 nd $20 or $10 if you have kid sized feet :)\n\n- At least 1.5L Water\, sna
 cks and lunch\n\nMuesli Bars are cool because they come in their own water
 proof wrapping!\n\n- Backpack and dry bag:\n\nBring a backpack that you do
 n’t mind getting wet\, and one that can also hold your wetsuit\, at leas
 t 1.5L of water and your drybag which will hold lunch/snacks and some dry 
 clothes.\nDrybags are waterproof bags that go in your backpack\, there's u
 sually space to share one between two but ask around first to make sure. I
  have two spare. Or they're about $10 in mountain designs\n\n- Torch:\n\nA
  torch should be brought in your dry bag in the unlikely scenario we run o
 ut of sunlight\n\nDry clothes:\n\nTo change into after the canyon. You can
  also keep thermals in your dry bag to change into for the hike out or in 
 case of emergency.\n\nSo that's the most detailed and explanatory list I'v
 e ever made\, hope it helps prepare you! Feel free to ask Dion or I anythi
 ng no matter how silly you think it might sound :)\n\nCheers\,\n\nBrendan
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