Party: Tim Vollmer, Astley Friend and Diego – T2′s photos | This summer has been such a washout that I’ve pretty much resorted to planning day trips with just a couple days notice when the weather forecast looks promising enough. This trip actually took that to the extreme, with the decision just a day before, but it… [Read more…]
February 5, 2012 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Stephen Sheehan, Todd Harford, Saul Richardson, Ulla Heikkilä, Joshua Hill, Drew Morcom, Kosta Seiler — Joshua’s photos | Todd’s photos Like most of summer, the week before this had been packed full of rain. So much so that the Colo River — which drains most of the canyon country — had hit about six… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Adrian Spragg and Mike Arrell — T2′s photos | Kosta’s photos | Adrian’s photos The Blue Mountains are home to a huge number of diverse and spectacular canyons, with many dozens coming complete with detailed trip notes, easy access, tracks, good anchors and in some cases even sign posts or log… [Read more…]
Party: Kosta, Sky, T2 and Todd It was supposed to be a trip with six people but late the night before, one girl had to drop out because she injured herself during the attempt to climb a wall. So once again, it is not the canyoning that is getting us injured. So early on the Sunday… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Joshua Hill, Drew Morcom, Stephen Sharwood, Tom Murtagh, and Jiri and Cat Svec — T2′s photos | Joshua’s Nightmare and NYE Driving towards Newnes early on New Year’s Eve it hardly felt like we were escaping civilisation, with a steady stream of vehicles racing past on the dirt road. I was already a little nervous… [Read more…]
December 18, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Like all the greatest ideas, this one arrived over a cold beer. We were sitting in the garden of The Alex at Leura, having finished our trip through Fortress Canyon and visit to Dark’s Cave in quick time, having arrived just after 4pm. The weather, which had thankfully been much better than the forecast of showers, was… [Read more…]
December 18, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Sierra Classen, Todd Harford, Saul Richardson, Damian O’Connor, Phil Davey, Ross Davey and Barnaby Heaton – photos There was a chill in the air at Leura as we stood around waiting for the train to bring the last of the group. All week the weather forecast had been miserable, with… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim ‘T2′ Vollmer, Tim ‘T1′ Gastineau-Hills, Lilian Donoso, Aleisha Kahn, Bron MacRaild and Maria Vamvouklis – T2′s photos | T1′s photos With heavy rain pounding down, temperatures barely out of the single digits and warnings of thunderstorms, we begrudgingly made the call to cancel the trip, figuring it was turning more into an epic than a simple beginner trip.… [Read more…]
December 3, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Kosta Seiler, Sky Reidy, Todd Harford, Joshua Hill and Drew Morcom Night canyoning is a truly unique activity. The darkness completely changes the experience, making even the most familiar places seem alien. Add to that the millions of glow worms illuminating the rock walls, countless more stars twinkling in the sky above, the… [Read more…]
November 28, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer and Joshua Hill — Rocky’s photos Despite a rainy week in the mountains the weather had completely cleared by Monday, offering us a spectacular sunny day which was the perfect weather for a fun morning splashing about in a short but beautiful canyon. Thanks to a change of roles at work, and… [Read more…]
October 23, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills and Kosta Seiler — T1′s photos | T2′s photos After a long winter break from proper wet canyons I was itching for a good hard trip through some spectacular slots to blow the cobwebs out of the system. We decided on an ambitious double — Heart Attack and Surefire Canyons… [Read more…]
August 14, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Jack Gough, Mariacristina (Mary) Merlo, Diana María Ocampo, Adrian Spragg and Stephanie Spragg — Joshua’s photos | T1′s photos | T2′s photos By late winter it’s hard not to get a bit antsy for some canyoning, but it is still far too cold for anything involving swims or… [Read more…]
“My machine becomes the locus of lament for how the world is. I grieve the futility of my society that necessitates subjugation and subsumption… I grieve the systems, beings and things, the waterways, hillsides, caves, ice, wind and fire that are my machine. I grieve also the slaughter, mayhem and madness that are my machine.… [Read more…]
June 26, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Gastineau-Hills, Tracey Bullivant, Tim Vollmer, Stephen Sheehan, Pete Raines, Nigel Butler, Joshua Hill, Mary Merlo — photos When you think about the ways a canyoning trip can go horribly wrong, your mind normally goes to things like thunderstorms, snake bites, rock falls or rope jams. But for all those potential disasters, there is… [Read more…]
June 19, 2011 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim (T1), Tracey I cast the mind back to January 2010 and the birth of the Fat Canyoners Club, from “the deranged ramblings of a multi-day canyoning trip” in Bungleboori Creek North Branch. Despite not quite meeting the ahhh… profile of a Fat Canyoner, I was happy to accept honorary membership of this exclusive… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Jeremie Rossy, Stacey Ly, Adam Litchfield, Trang Pham and Glenn Woerndle – photos | more photos Running into other people – especially those groups that you can hear coming for the best part of an hour thanks to their shouting and carrying on – generally defeats the purpose of canyoning and bushwalking for me.… [Read more…]
February 11, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Pete Raines, Lorraine “Lori” Laborczfalvi, Lucy Connell and Luke Robinson I’ve done more than my fair share of night walking — although it’s debatable how much was deliberate — but after missing out on a spectacular nocturnal run through Why Don’t We Do It In The Road (Serendipity) Canyon recently… [Read more…]
January 29, 2011 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim “T1” Gastineau-Hills, Denis “Boris” Alexandrov, Tony Ruzek, Joshua Hill, Bjorn Sturmberg and Stephen Sharwood – T2′s photos | Boris – Pipeline | Boris – Devils Pinch | Boris – Firefly | T1 – Pipeline and Devil’s Pinch | T1 – Firefly With preparations even more shambolic than usual — I packed in half an hour between work and driving up, called… [Read more…]
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