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Re: what's the most off the beaten track your been?
Reply #15 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:42pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:40pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:36pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:35pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:31pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:17pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:14pm:

Off the beaten track?

Hmm Undecided

I went 3 kilometres down a salt mine in Poland once.

ohh, I did a couple of k's into a cave once ... again romania. To look at a cave bear skeleton

wankers in charge thought they'd be funny and turned the lights off on us. It was end of holiday season so my wife and I were the only ones in there. they were a little disappointed when I just sat down with my wife and waited them out. I think they expected me to start yelling out or something. Instead I pulled out a torch I had in my backpack and enjoyed the stalagmites by torchlight.

Pfft, couple of Ks. Wink

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Where was the photo taken, and what were you doing?

Ah k, 1st pic was Near the railway tunnel in Mammoth Cave at Jenolan. I'm in NSW cave rescue, so the pic is from a training exercise last year. The 2nd is the last great abseil at Kanangra Main canyon in NSW. Another CRS exercise

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Reply #16 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:43pm

As a small kid with my two brothers, father and mother, we camped overnight in a cave that was WAY in the backblocks of Northern China.

The one memorable moment that was burned into my memory was when my father flicked a burning butt out the entrance to the cave but it hit the back of my neck and slid down under the vest I was wearing ... Grin

Jesus! Why am I laughing?

I have no memory of him rolling me onto my front and stamping the embers out ... Tongue

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Reply #17 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:45pm

We just had this years exercise on the weekend, went to Wiburds cave on the Sat, did a search in the cave as well as the extraction. Sunday involved heading to bottomless pit cave and abseiling the 50 metres to the bottom.

I can't go this year, but my plan for next year is to go to the big caves in Tasmania.

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Reply #20 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:49pm

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:47pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:41pm:

1st pic is Mammoth Cave Jenolan.

I've done one of the caves at jenolan .... Would love to spend a week there some time and do them all

Which one?

This is also why I laugh at aquascoot bangning on about being in touch with nature.

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Reply #21 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:50pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:43pm:

The one memorable moment that was burned into my memory was when my father flicked a burning butt out the entrance to the cave but it hit the back of my neck and slid down under the vest I was wearing ...

did that once while I was driving, shortly after getting my P's ... except I flicked the butt myself and the wind blew it back in and down the back of my shirt

I don't know how I didn't crash that day.

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Reply #22 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:51pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:49pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:47pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:41pm:

1st pic is Mammoth Cave Jenolan.

I've done one of the caves at jenolan .... Would love to spend a week there some time and do them all

Which one?

This is also why I laugh at aquascoot bangning on about being in touch with nature.

I don't recall the name of the cave now, it was a couple of years ago. I recall there was a rock formation in it that looked like a dragon.

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Reply #23 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:52pm

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:51pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:49pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:47pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:41pm:

1st pic is Mammoth Cave Jenolan.

I've done one of the caves at jenolan .... Would love to spend a week there some time and do them all

Which one?

This is also why I laugh at aquascoot bangning on about being in touch with nature.

I don't recall the name of the cave now, it was a couple of years ago. I recall there was a rock formation in it that looked like a dragon.

Tourist caving or proper caving?

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Re: what's the most off the beaten track your been?
Reply #24 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:54pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:52pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:51pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:49pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:47pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:41pm:

1st pic is Mammoth Cave Jenolan.

I've done one of the caves at jenolan .... Would love to spend a week there some time and do them all

Which one?

This is also why I laugh at aquascoot bangning on about being in touch with nature.

I don't recall the name of the cave now, it was a couple of years ago. I recall there was a rock formation in it that looked like a dragon.

Tourist caving or proper caving?

tourist ...

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Re: what's the most off the beaten track your been?
Reply #25 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:54pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:42pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:40pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:36pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:35pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:31pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:17pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:14pm:

Off the beaten track?

Hmm Undecided

I went 3 kilometres down a salt mine in Poland once.

ohh, I did a couple of k's into a cave once ... again romania. To look at a cave bear skeleton

wankers in charge thought they'd be funny and turned the lights off on us. It was end of holiday season so my wife and I were the only ones in there. they were a little disappointed when I just sat down with my wife and waited them out. I think they expected me to start yelling out or something. Instead I pulled out a torch I had in my backpack and enjoyed the stalagmites by torchlight.

Pfft, couple of Ks. Wink

https://scontent.fcbr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22141123_720624918133334_2789303...
Me in the middle

Where?

What?

Does the link work?

Yes.

Where was the photo taken, and what were you doing?

Ah k, 1st pic was Near the railway tunnel in Mammoth Cave at Jenolan. I'm in NSW cave rescue, so the pic is from a training exercise last year. The 2nd is the last great abseil at Kanangra Main canyon in NSW. Another CRS exercise

Ah! Impressive.

I don't think I've ever been out to Jenolan.

Just Katoomba Sad

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Re: what's the most off the beaten track your been?
Reply #26 - Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:58pm

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:54pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:52pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:51pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:49pm:

John Smith wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:47pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Oct 25^th, 2017 at 12:41pm:

1st pic is Mammoth Cave Jenolan.

I've done one of the caves at jenolan .... Would love to spend a week there some time and do them all

Which one?

This is also why I laugh at aquascoot bangning on about being in touch with nature.

I don't recall the name of the cave now, it was a couple of years ago. I recall there was a rock formation in it that looked like a dragon.

Tourist caving or proper caving?

tourist ...

I think from memory theres a dragons throat in Temple of Baal or theres a dragon formation in the Nettle Cave. To be honest though we don't go close to those areas. The guides usually don't like the proper cavers in those areas, since tourists think all of a sudden they can follow us. I've been through Temple of Baal to get to Barralong which is a proper cave but apart from that haven't been in the tourist caves for years.

The main one is Mammoth. Its a good couple of kilometres north of the tourist caves. We stay up in a small cottage up on the hill and then walk down to it. At the moment theres about 10 kms worth of completely mapped passage, but the divers and others are pushing new passage all the time, currently thinking is theres about 20kms of passage

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