Sunday, January 24, 2010

Wilson's Ck, Haast Pass

A third visit for me to this amazing canyon. We had a group of 7 today, Jules, Scott, Julie, Pip, Toine, Jethro and Chucky.

The approach was made quickly and without too many route finding errors, getting to the stream after 1h20m.

As we suited up, the rainclouds returned and had us thinking about wether we really should be entering into the deep, narrow and totally committing canyon. But after a few discussions about the forecast and water levels, we chose to go in but move quickly.

And quickly we moved.. only 2hrs through the canyon! It was a shame to rush, but much better than being caught with rising water levels.

With a few fresh faces, we found different routes through the canyon and even made a couple of different jumps. The water was pretty low, but it was still enough to keep those new to hydraulics impressed..


Arriving at Wilson's Ck


R1, 6m


Scott bottom belays


Toine and Tree

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