Organizer:
Zen Marcos
Date/Time:
Date(s) - Saturday 20 January, 2024
All Day
canyoning
Heya,
Sam and I will be running a beginners trip to Jugglers and Grand Canyons on Saturday the 20th of Jan. This trip is aimed at people who completed AS1 the weekend prior (so they will be given priority), but anyone is welcome sign up.
Jugglers Canyon is an open, mostly dry canyon (apart from one pool), with many impressive abseils. The Grand Canyon is a beautiful, much wetter canyon nearby, with just one abseil into it. We’ll be combining these canyons into roughly an 8 hour day, car-to-car. Here are the track notes (it would be a good idea to have a read).
Jugglers: https://ozultimate.com/canyoning/track_notes/jugglers.htm
Grand: https://ozultimate.com/canyoning/track_notes/grand.htm
REQUIREMENTS
You must:
⁃ Have a decent level of fitness (there will be a decent amount of walking)
⁃ Be comfortable with swimming (there is a 30m swim in the Grand Canyon)
⁃ Be comfortable with heights (there are a couple of 20m abseils)
⁃ Have completed Abseil Skills 1 (or have signed up to AS1 on the 14th)
WHAT TO BRING:
⁃ Wetsuit *
⁃ Helmet *
⁃ Harness + PAS *
⁃ Descender *
⁃ Dry bag *
⁃ Lunch + snacks
⁃ 2+ L of water
⁃ Closed shoes with good grip (not hiking boots)
⁃ Swimwear/something to wear under the wetsuit
⁃ Shorts to wear over the wetsuit (to protect it – club rules)
⁃ Sun protection
⁃ A way to tie back long hair
⁃ Change of clothes + towel for the car
*These items can be borrowed from the club.
WHEN AND WHERE
– Saturday the 20th of January
– We will meet at 9:00 am
– We’ll be parking near the Katoomba Airfield, here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/33%C2%B039’44.4%22S+150%C2%B019’39.0%22E/@-33.66234,150.3275,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d-33.66234!4d150.3275?entry=ttu
More details will be sent out to participants closer to the trip date.
In the sign up info, please list any relevant experience (none other than AS1 is ok), and whether you signed up to AS1 on the 14th or had completed it prior.
