For the love of Canyoning

For years, I’ve enjoyed doing the odd canyon trip in the warmer months, most of the time it’s been a social trip through Macquarie Pass Canyon with the occasional adventure to the Blue Mountains. This summer I’ve made a concerted effort to get out and explore more canyons, especially the slotted canyons of the Bluies.

With a like-minded, similar skilled buddy we’ve had some great days exploring far more canyons than I’ve ever done in previous summers. The sandstone slotted canyons of the Blue Mountains NSW are often indescribable when it comes to explaining the views and grandeur of such places. The hustle and bustle of suburbia is left far behind as you slip down into the depths of a creek that’s taken hundreds of years to cut a pathway through the soft sandstone floor.

Over the summer we had great some trips through Empress Canyon, Fortress Canyon, Pipeline Canyon, Grand Canyon, Serendipity Canyon, Lower Wollangambie section, Hole in the Wall and Macquarie Pass Canyon. Each of the canyons is spectacular in its own right, whether it’s the adrenaline rush of abseiling down a giant waterfall, the slip n slide of going down a watercourse, an abseil into a blind abyss or navigating a chasm full of glow-worms, thrill keeps drawing me back.

Don’t let it be said that age is a barrier.