When it comes to abseiling / rappelling descenders, there’s no shortage of choices available. Some devices are better suited to…
Whether you are canyoning or bushwalking, the ability to make an emergency harness using tubular tape could get you out…
UPDATE: The following post is retained for archive purposes only. Since it was published, far better techniques for retrievable anchors…
Colo River Passes and Routes: A bushwalkers guide Author: Brian Corlis Price: $35 (inc postage) UPDATE: This book is no…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, John Lieberth, Stephen Sheehan, Adrian Spragg and very briefly Joshua Hill — T2’s photos | T1’s…
“My machine becomes the locus of lament for how the world is. I grieve the futility of my society that…
Party: Tim Gastineau-Hills, Tracey Bullivant, Tim Vollmer, Stephen Sheehan, Pete Raines, Nigel Butler, Joshua Hill, Mary Merlo — photos When…
Party: T1 and Tracey I cast the mind back to January 2010 and the birth of the Fat Canyoners Club,…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Michelle Vollmer, Sky Reidy, Angie Bulic, Glenn Woerndle, Naomi Norris, Chee Wong and Nikita Rybak — photos I’d…
Party: Tim (T1), Tracey What is mysterious about Mystery Mountain? Is it something about the imposing rocky head, 370m above…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Bjorn Sturmberg, Stephen Sheehan, Adrian Spragg, Peggy Huang, Lilian Donoso — photos When I was first grabbed…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Nigel Butler, Mary Merlo, Lisa Jonas – photos I’d been itching for an overnight trip for a while, and…
Party: Kosta, Mary, Mel, Peggy, Scott, Sky After leaving Sydney during some misty weather, this turned out to be a…
Party: Tim Gastineau-Hills, Fiona Knox, Stacey Ly Here’s a change from the norm – a trip that’s not a bushwalk,…
The Gardens of Stone, on the western side of the world heritage listed Blue Mountains, are an iconic area full…
Party: Bjorn Sturmberg, Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Joshua Hill, Pete Raines, Kosta Seiler After weeks if not months of bad…
Party: Bjorn, Emma With a short cowardly email, the adventurous Easter plans of the Fat Canyoners Club dissipated late on…
While I normally try to keep my posts trip related, forgive this indulgence, because after finding this poem while cleaning…
Party: Tim Vollmer, Tim Gastineau-Hills, Jeremie Rossy, Stacey Ly, Adam Litchfield, Trang Pham and Glenn Woerndle Running into other people — especially…
Party: T2 and Dyson Last year I picked up a harness for my eldest child, who was seven at the…