Tim, Kent, Sheila, Marchelle, Ev, John, Doug, Craig, Pete and me
Nightmare canyon, it sounds, um, nightmarish but it’s a pleasant, if somewhat short, canyon in the Wolgan valley with some interesting abseils.
I’ve been enjoying heading out with Tim, Kent and their band of canyon addicts, they run great, well organised trips.
Anyhoo, it was back to the Wolgan and up everyones favourite little hill, the Pipeline trail
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You can’t walk up the pipeline without a side trip to the lookout. It’s the law.
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Hazard reduction burn late last year has left the ridge denuded of the usual nightmareish scrubAnd it wasn’t long until we drop into our creekTim leads down the second drop which looks delightfully…. I mean nightmarishly tightAnd it just gets worseHorrible Canyon formationThey look terrified don’t theyThe kind of absiel that wakes you at night in a cold sweatEv hugging the log for comfortWhat terror awaits us around this corner? Probably a demented clown or something, We’ll let the girls go first
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Marchelle disappearing into the abysys
Everyone knows lime green is Disney’s colour for evil
I have no wordsTim battleing a evil split ropeOh the horrorOne step closer to the edge
Total nightmareMy go nextActually this aint so badMore like a sweet dream really…
Well except when you plunge into the nut deep pool. My outie became and innie again.
Oh sure they pull Kent across so he doesn’t get wet… FavouritismOk The halfway ledge has it’s momentsLike the fossilised remains of this dragon
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But it also has it’s grandour.
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Then all too soon we are back in the valley at the ruins.
Party Size: big but all experienced and a rope for every drop
Time: 6.5hrs car to car
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing views…” Edward Abby
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