Adventure Climbing - Kanangra Deep - 5 September 2009


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Climbers - Tom Williams, Dave Noble

My old friend Tom Williams has done a lot of climbing in the Kanangra Deep. Earlier I had been on one of these adventures - Skull Ridge, a climb below Echo Head. Now Tom had invited me for another day of climbing in the area. Thanks to Tom for the invitation and for doing all the leading and route finding.



Above - Tom looking down into the Kanangra Deep - one of his favourite places. In the middle of the photo on the far side is one his routes - "Sporting and Progress Ridge" (22) - this goes up the steep ridge to the tower, then up the steep headwall (to the top middle of the photo)



Above - Another of Tom's routes goes up this spectacular ridge - "Razorblade Ridge" (15)



Above - Zooming back out - Razorblade Ridge



Above - Tom starting out on the new route  - he called it "Cyclops" (18) - three pitches



Above - Tom on the first pitch



Above - Tom on the first pitch



Above - Tom coming up from the belay stance after bring me up pitch 1



Above - Sensational views



Above - Looking up pitch 2. This was excellent, exposed climbing on good rock



Above - Looking out from pitch 2



Above - Tom at the top of pitch 2



Above - The view from the top of the third pitch.



Above - We then traverse along a ledge to where Tom had done another climb up the next headwall. This time he had his eye on this short tricky looking crack.



Above - Tom placing a cam for the belay station



Above - Tom racking up



Above - Views of Kanangra Walls



Above - Tom near the top of the short pitch - "Sylph" (19/20) - a fine little crack!



Above - Thurat Spires, on the other side of the Deep



Above - We look across to the steep headwall under Echo Head, at the top of "Skull Ridge"





Above - Back near the top - Tom relaxing and admiring the view



Above - Dave at the top



Above - Later that day - we headed to Mt Piddington, to meet up with John and Chuin Nee - who I would be climbing with the next day.

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