Organizer:
Susan So
Date/Time:
Date(s) - Saturday 03 December, 2022
All Day
canyoning
Hello Adventurers,
We are reposting to a nice and easy abseil canyon – Lower North Bowen Creek Canyon – very close to the campsite at Mt Wilson.
This whole day trip requires 4 abseils of up to 15metres.
Eligible members need to fulfil the following criteria:
• Confidently and independently abseil with a rap rack device.
• Have a good level of fitness, you are expected to carry your own personal items and a wetsuit in your pack all throughout the trip.
• Can swim in deep cold water for up to 50 metres with a backpack
• Canyons are nature’s obstacle courses – thus you will need to be able to scramble around boulders, traverse or slide through creeks and perform jumps into pools of water.
You will also need to bring along the following essential personal items.
• Grippy rubber shoes – such as Dunlop volleys from Big W.
• Woollen socks and thermal top (no cotton items as these will not insulate you from the cold)
• Light rain jacket (to aid warmth)
• Lunch and snacks and at least 2 litres of water
• Harness, and safety line, descender, helmet, canyon pack, drybag, headtorch, and full wetsuit.
• Spare pair of shorts to be worn over the wetsuit for protection.
• Spare change of dry clothes to be left at the car.
• Sun protection
• Petrol Money for your drivers
The Club can provide you Harness and safety line, rap rack, descender, helmet, canyon pack, dry bag, head torch and wetsuit should you require them.
Everything else you must have at the start of the trip.
Priority will be given to those with cars and who have completed abseil skills 1.
Please note that canyoning is weather dependent and subject to change.
See you on the trip,
Susan and Chris.
