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…]
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 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…]
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…]
October 30, 2010 by Tim Gastineau-Hills
Party: Tim Gastineau-Hills (T1), Tim Vollmer (T2), Joshua Hill, Kosta Seiler, Nigel Butler, Melissa Freer, Henry Backman, Marta Bello, Niro Yoganathan, Denis Alexandrov, Hélène Lebhar, Jérémie Rossy, Annie Côté, Trang Pham and Chaitanya Manapragada The first SUBW beginners abseiling and canyoning weekend was only a month back, but proved so successful and enjoyable that it… [Read more…]
September 25, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Kosta Seiler, Mike Gray, Melissa Freer, Louisa Vaupel, Peter Brotherhood, Angie Bulic, Fiona Knox, Saul Richardson, Charlotte Greig, Tamsin Lillie, Joe Parkin, Annie Cote, Henry Backman, Carina Lucchinelli, Guy Tannenbaum, Jarrett Cohen, Katie Hendry and oh-so-briefly Nigel Butler – a selection of everyone’s photos Missing gear, two injured… [Read more…]
April 4, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer (T2), Tim Gastineau-Hills (T1), Kosta Seiler, Bruce Dailey – photos Even with the usual poor planning – a trip decided on less than a week out – a spanner managed to get thrown in the works when I came down with an appalling stomach bug on Friday night. After a rather unpleasant… [Read more…]
March 20, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer (T2), Tim Gastineau-Hills (T1), Bjorn Sturmberg, Cat Barnes, Jiri Svec – photos T1 and I made an early escape from the city on the Friday afternoon, getting to my place by about 5 so we could pack the car and head off. The drive up the mountains was wonderful, the weather forecast… [Read more…]
January 1, 2010 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim “Alfred” Gastineau-Hills, Bruce Dailey, Jonathan Smith – photos Alfred and I made our way out to Kanangra walls late on New Years Eve, armed with plenty of food and booze, and the grand plan to do Kanangra Main followed by a two day effort in Davies. From the lookout we managed to spot… [Read more…]
October 16, 2009 by Tim Vollmer
Party: Tim ‘Alfred’ Gastineau-Hills, Tim ‘Wombat’ Vollmer, Joshua ‘Rocky’ Hill and Andy Fulton – photos We made the long trek down to Bungonia after work on Thursday night, gathering in the campground and setting up tents by about 10pm before setting off on our first cave. For Joshua and I it was our first time… [Read more…]
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