Canyoning at Newnes - 1 - 2 March 2008
Day 2 - Sunday - 2 March - Looking Glass Canyon
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The day before we had visited Devils Pinch Canyon
This was my first visit to Looking Glass Canyon. We approached it via Firefly Canyon
Above - Steffy and Martin on the cliffs above the Wolgan
Above - View looking into Firefly Canyon from the gully we climbed out of the creek
Above - Chuin Nee climbing out
Above - Chuin Nee on the first abseil in Looking Glass Canyon
Above - Further down - Rik found you could scramble down this drop
Above - this is the drop we scrambled down
Above - Looking down the canyon
Looking down the canyon. The first party to explore the canyon -
climbed all the way up it from below. The lower part of this drop is
the most serious obstacle. The canyon was named after Steven "Gus"
Henzell loosing his glasses in part of the canyon - and then he was
"looking for them".
Above - Looking down the canyon
Above - Rik - on the second abseil. Our 38m rope was not long enough
for this drop. We later had to tie on a second rope from the mid ledge
where Rik is.
Above - Chuin Nee on the second abseil
Above - Steffy on the second abseil
Above - Looking down the canyon. On a previous trip - Martin and myself
had scrambled up to this chamber from Firefly Canyon. It was not easy.
Above - Martin, part way down the second abseil
Above - Steffy on the second abseil, Rik and Chuin Nee below
Above - Martin on the lower part of the second abseil
Above - Looking down the next bit of the canyon
Above - Steffy on the third abseil
Above - Martin on the third abseil
Above - This arch lies below the fourth abseil
Above - Steffy looking up Firefly Canyon
Above - Chuin Nee on the second of two small abseils we did in Firefly Canyon
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