01/01/2026

Kylie, Jason, Beck, Robin, Alex, Dane and meeeeeee

We were in northern NSW and it was too good an opportunity not to have a New Years Day play date with Jason and his QLD crew.

Every one else had done this one before but it had been on Kylie and my wish list for a while.

Pictures of it pumping in previous years had us frothing.

However, recent photos look like a trickle.

A storm the night before got our hopes up.

We meet at the top secret location (note: location may not be top secret) and skirt private property boundaries to access our canyon.

The storm had done nothing. Nothing !

The creek was dry as a nuns nipple.

Well not quite. There was water flowing, just

There is a teeny tiny lathe you can unclip and jump from

Coming last I made an error. I didn’t unclip it just did the usual Empress release the brake hand and jump.

I knew my centre mark was just beyond the anchor.

I figure I jump out and when I reach the end it will pull the pull strand with me.

I’ve done that before, but I unclipeped first.

This time I’m sailing through the air, there’s “a bit” of a jolt snap the plastic lug it was tied to and the end of the rope recoils up And is now on a teeny tiny ledge 4metres above the pool.

Up I jug to retrieve it.

Lessen learned, double check your centre mark, especially when doing abseils exactly as long as half your rope. And keep an eye on your end of rope markers

I have marks at the 10 and 5m points to let me know I’m getting to the end. I didn’t even look for them. Dumb arse.

Anyhoo all good, no harm, rope retrieved. Let’s never speak of it again.

One more abseil and she’s all over.

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