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Who went: Brendan Heywood, Julie Chown, Peter Heyning, Peter Arkins, Bronwyn Gould, Tim Watt
Last time we had to bail early so we just had to do the trip again! Just after the point where we climbed out last time was probably the highlight of the trip with overhung abseils into thin deep slots filled with freezing water.
We only had one minor mishap where I threw the rope into a pool only to see it disappear into the murky depths (aren't they supposed to float??). Thanks to Peter Heyning the rope was finally rescued.
Despite being a bit late in the year the trip was one of the best I've done in a while. After the last abseil we kept walking right down until we joined up with the Chandler River before walking up the south ridge which is much more pleasant than the previous climb out. From start to finish it is about 600 meters vertically.
Permission is required to access the gorge.