Hi everyone, I have just today completed Geronimo. The track I was good and fairly well worn as mentioned before the track up to the top of the ridge is a bit...
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Wayne Hawken
wayne.hawken
Oct 2, 2007 2:35 am
I definately agree with this - horseshoe was the highlight of the day (excluding the brown snake incident of course :-)...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 3, 2007 4:43 am
I read in the Lithgow Mercury this morning that work had begun on the Wolgan road down through the Gap in readiness for when the Emirates Resort is built. Does...
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cflynn.geo
Oct 4, 2007 7:47 am
... FWIU stage one is just upgrading the road from the bottom of the Gap to the Resort. Stage 2 will involve widening the road down the Gap and stablising the ...
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Rowan
rowan_peck
Oct 4, 2007 9:33 pm
A canyoning friend has abandoned AUS this summer to work in Guatemala and is keen to find out if there are any likely spots in the Quetzaltenango/Xela area of...
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Ramblers
jhnshrpls
Oct 4, 2007 9:41 pm
... Hi Rowan. You'd be better off asking that question on the American canyoneering forum http://www.canyoneering.net. You will need to set up an account to...
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Brian Flanagan
brian_flanag...
Oct 6, 2007 8:52 am
Just got back from doing Geronimo. David, the water was surprisingly not too bad. It was very cold at first (probably more the shock of it), but that didn't...
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Rowan
rowan_peck
Oct 6, 2007 11:36 pm
Ian, Joy, Mal, Rowan Quick summary: 1 x 60, 1 x 40 1 x 30, 1 x 20m rope (never used the 20, could have managed with 40+30 minimum). About 6.5 hours from...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 7, 2007 9:13 am
I note with interest that there's no mention of one of your party getting himself separated and lost this time on the way out! :-P Julie ... I note with...
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Rowan
rowan_peck
Oct 7, 2007 9:20 am
... Well someone had a go at it, but not a him. Joy tried a detour towards Serendipity but realised and back tracked. When Mal and I caught up to Ian and she...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 7, 2007 10:00 am
Wonder how he knew that! It was funny at the time because when he disappeared, everyone behind him disappeared too! Jim and I sitting on a rock on the track...
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iknapp
knappanaut
Oct 7, 2007 11:38 am
Sat on a rock, waiting - bullshit. You both dissapeared off back to the cars leaving the three of us to work out our own problem, despite several whistle calls...
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John Murray
yarrumej
Oct 7, 2007 8:56 pm
I thought the saying was ' go in as a group, come out as a group' ... From: iknapp To: OzCanyons@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:35 PM ...
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Roderick Smith
thecanyoner
Oct 7, 2007 9:42 pm
Brian, Sounds like you were too far left. The first time I went out there we went in about the same place (could have been my sling you used). But we didn't...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 8, 2007 9:13 am
Of course we disappeared back to the cars....... after waiting half an hour and wearing our whistles out! And I'm sure Jim at least will recall that when we...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 8, 2007 9:27 am
That is true John. But Ian has distorted the facts (probably unintentionally) by implying we just took off. We walked on a further 30 or 40m and sat on a rock...
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James Cook
jgcook1200
Oct 8, 2007 7:03 pm
I usually don't weigh into these debates, but when events are portrayed such that there is some doubt as to the responsibility of some party members I feel the...
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John Sharples
jhnshrpls
Oct 8, 2007 10:16 pm
James Cook wrote ... such that there is >some doubt as to the responsibility of some party members I feel the record needs to be >corrected. If I may...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 9, 2007 12:08 am
When our group first separated, we weren't overly concerned as the track out was well defined and followed the ridge line, and Ian was an experienced canyoning...
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iknapp
knappanaut
Oct 9, 2007 2:05 am
OK OK, this thing is getting out of hand and totaly out of proportion. It is typical of what sometimes happens on forums like this and one of the reasons I...
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Tom Brennan
tom_brennan.rm
Oct 9, 2007 2:21 am
... Ah, the misunderstandings of email ... We now return you to your regular programming, "Who took the quicklink?" ... Tom Brennan tomb@... ...
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Julie Burton
ropegypsy
Oct 9, 2007 2:27 am
Yeah, I suppose it won't be long before the quicklinks that survived winter begin disappearing............ Julie...
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David Jones
davidljonesau
Oct 9, 2007 2:39 am
... begin disappearing............ I still recon the "quicklink cache bucket" at the carpark is great idea... Take what you need, return what you need,...
Just remember the saying... "What happens in the bush, stays in the bush." If you are going to post it on a chat site....then expect chat. ... From: iknapp To:...
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Richard Neville
firemin8304
Oct 9, 2007 5:24 am
Definitely, creatures like Quicklinks (Latin name Riggus rapidus ) are sensitive to moisture, salt and other environmental conditions. They are never known to...
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nepal2001au
Oct 9, 2007 12:03 pm
Does anyone know if this canyon requires double ropes and has swims (ie wetsuits needed ) ? thanks...
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Rowan
rowan_peck
Oct 9, 2007 8:18 pm
... With all this discussion on getting lost and found, perhaps I should mention that as we had radios with us (I was testing their JIS7-ness on the day) it...
