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my first benighting !!! 16-Apr-2004 At 3:46:24 PM deadpoint
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Had an interesting Epic about a year ago. Went climbing at Red Rocks in Canberra. Had a great day did a couple of 23 and 24's. When it can time cross the river we discovered that it was now about 1 m higher than in the morning. We thought about swimming across until we remembered that this section of the river is a grade 6 rapid for the conoeists. Light was fading fast so we opted to stay where we were until the morning. We had plenty of food and water. Only problem was that the weather prediction for that night was -9C. We built a humpy out of brush and prepared ourselves for an interesting night. Climbing pack, ropes and slings kept the blood circulating. The water bottle was frozen by the morning.
At first light some fancy lasso work enabled us to set up a tyrolean traverse above the icy water.
Got home at 7.30am had a hot shower and was at work by 8.30. Epic nahhh, no injury, got out of it in one piece no bail gear left. Sweet.

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