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Kanangra Main Canyon

Tom and Caoimhin at the top of Kanangra (9:09am)

Our path for the day... somewhat obscured by the smoke from the hazard reduction fires

Caoimhin on the first abseil

Caoimhin on the second abseil

Waterfall next to the abseils

Rachel on the 3rd abseil belay ledge

Tom about to descend the third abseil

Tom at the bottom of the third abseil

Caoimhin on the third abseil

Caoimhin about to complete third abseil

Tom deploying the rope for the 4th abseil (10:49am)

Tom starting the 4th abseil

Looking back up our route from bottom of 4th abseil

Tom & Caoimhin preparing for the 5th abseil

Tom on the 5th abseil

Looking up from the top of the 5th abseil

Tom on the 5th abseil

Looking up from the base of the 5th (11:43am)

Caoimhin on the 5th abseil

Tom coiling the rope at base of 5th abseil

Tom does the "big jump" (and Rachel shakes the camera) (12:17pm)

Caoimhin does the "big jump"

Tom at the start of the 7th abseil (12:31pm)

Tom concentrating on the 7th abseil

Caoimhin starting to pull the rope at the bottom of the 7th abseil (1:18pm... after Tom has tried to reach the bottom in one go, then prusikked back up 20m, traversed across the waterfall)... hey Tom don't think you're going anywhere too quickly!

Tom beginning the long prusik up to unjam the ropes (1:52pm)

Tom almost back at the top (2:18pm)

Tom descending on his 8th abseil after re-rigging to the obvious anchor we ignored (2:55pm)

Tom descending his 9th abseil (3:15pm)

Tom on the 9th abseil - supposedly in dry conditions you can avoid this and scramble off the ledge. We definitely weren't in 'dry conditions' the rock was incredibly slippery.

Caoimhin on his 9th abseil (Tom's 10th)

Tom on his 10th abseil - unfortunately I didn't get the pictures of his 3 stacks in a row just before this

Tom on his 10th abseil

Tom on his 10th abseil

Tom on his 10th abseil

Tom on his 10th abseil

Tom on his 11th & final abseil

Tom & Caoimhin doing the final rope coil for the day before scrambling across the ledge

Looking down Kanangra Creek (4:40pm)

The Walls with the haze of the hazard reduction smoke from junction of Kalang & Kanangra Creeks - as we ate lunch before starting the climb out of Murdering Gully (5:47pm)