On 24/12/2012 kieranl wrote:
>On 23/12/2012 Justcameron wrote:
>>Found an abseil route down from Flinders Lane last week. Seems quite
>unused
>>due to not being in the guidebook (plenty of moss and vegetation.) I
>couldn't
>>find any info about it online.
>
>...
>>Not sure about the distances between each. Certainly doable with a single
>>60m rope (in 4 sections) and I suspect maybe even with a single 50m rope.
>Can't imagine why anyone would want to do a 4-rap descent of Tiger Wall
>as opposed to going down Alis. Also, if it's a "rope-stretching 60m to
>the ground" from station 2 then it's going to be pretty dodgy with a single
>rope on at least 1 of the next 2 raps. It's always good to have a few spare
>metres of rope for intermediate stations.
I think you misunderstood - there are three raps from the 2nd station which is 3 raps from the ground.
I agree though, it would be better to just go down Ali's. Either you're new and Ali's is still a fun novelty or you're experienced and Ali's would be quicker