James Barnes


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    • Whitewater rafting on the Derwent River
    • Skyline traverse of the Hazards
    • Walls of Jerusalem paddling
    • Canyoneering machinery creek
    • Southern Cave Rescue Exercise
    • Canyoneering around Cradle Mountain
    • Walking the Overland Track
    • Abseiling/packrafting mission to an underground lake
    • Hellyer + Arthur River Rafting Trip
    • Three days rafting deep into the Tarkine
    • Slaughterhouse Pot Caving Trip
    • Packrafting the Alum Cliffs
    • Walking the Freycinet Circuit
    • Conquering the Crossing Gorge
    • Franklin River, walking out via Frenchmans Cap
    • Pack rafting the Gordon Gorge
    • Climbing Frenchmans Cap
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      • Tagging along for a temple tour
      • Bangkok Chinatown
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      • Dodgy rafting experiences…
      • Canyoneering in Ubud
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      • Onwards to Indonesia!
      • Snails and Paris at night
      • Jumping ahead to Paris
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      • A plan of action
      • Experiencing Venice and its mosquitoes
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      • Last day in Athens
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      • Final days in China
      • A return to Xi’an
      • The obligatory panda experience
      • Sichuan cooking class and the streets of Chengdu
      • Craft, street food and grocery confusion
      • Rice terraces and dumpling skills
      • Guilin’s coloured lights
      • Reliving childhood memories
      • Guilin from above
      • Arriving in Guilin
      • Introduction to hotpot
      • Fake Market and the art of haggling
      • The Bund at night
      • The highest I’ve ever been…
      • Welcome to Shanghai
      • Kittens and climbing
      • Very cheap books
      • Catching up with old friends
      • The Summer Palace
      • Bugs in Beijing
      • Power lines in China
      • The best mandarin I’ve ever eaten
      • Off to a flying start! (Well not really…)
      • Lists for my lists…
      • Blackening stuff…
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Whitewater rafting on the Derwent River

We had a rare opportunity to run the epic Wayatinah to Catagunya section of the Derwent!

Skyline traverse of the Hazards

I spent a lot of time reading trip reports, most of the attempts seemed to end in failure, which is always motivating…

Walls of Jerusalem paddling

Having become the unexpected leader of an off track scrub bash with people I didn’t know, I did my best to wrap my head around where we might be…

Canyoneering machinery creek

Soon I settled in to a routine; rig the ropes, belay everyone, abseil the rope, pack the rope, repeat!

Southern Cave Rescue Exercise

0130 is now my record for latest I’ve ever gotten out of a cave… Definitely good preparation for a rescue!

Canyoneering around Cradle Mountain

“There are no exits from the canyon between the first abseil and the final swim” – Challenge accepted!!!

Walking the Overland Track

I saw the point where the footsteps of those who had come before petered out, an intimidating section revealing a steep and exposed climb.

Abseiling/packrafting mission to an underground lake

Stalactites spear down from the cavernous ceiling casting perfect reflections in the water.

Hellyer + Arthur River Rafting Trip

We paddled two nice fun class 3 rapids before arriving at Farquhars Bridge, the finishing point to the trip.

Three days rafting deep into the Tarkine

A great low stress trip with a great crew. Definitely a highly recommended river for a pleasant multi day trip!

Slaughterhouse Pot Caving Trip

With relief we saw daylight ahead. We were however getting blasted by the snow melt swollen creek.

Packrafting the Alum Cliffs

With no light left we scrambled off the river in to a scrubby area that should have a track nearby. Clearly things had been too good to be true.

Walking the Freycinet Circuit

I wanted to summit for sunrise. Getting everyone up while it is still dark is always a hard sell. A promise of a hot breakfast always helps...

Conquering the Crossing Gorge

What little information I had found made it sound rather straightforward and simple. Oh how wrong I was!

Franklin River, walking out via Frenchmans Cap

There seems to be a fine line between a trip being not challenging and it being far too extreme.

Pack rafting the Gordon Gorge

I decided to head down the Gordon Gorge section of river with pack rafts in order to scout it out before taking proper whitewater rafts down.

Climbing Frenchmans Cap

I’ve just returned from a three-day bush walk up Frenchmans Cap – a pretty fantastic experience, although quite tough in places.

Photos

Abseiling on to a log
Abseiling down a waterfall
Leaping from the top of a waterfall
Group of people in a cave
Person in a raft at the top of a waterfall
Abseiling into Midnight Hole
Standing on top of a ledge in the Grampions
Rafter obscured in rapids
Three people silhouetted in the sunset
Large group of rafters posing for a photo
Two rafters paddling in the rain
Rafter almost totally obscured by rapids
River with a red raft next to it
Two people standing at the top of a waterfall, with one about to abseil down
Growling Swallet waterfall
A person caving
Person abseiling into a cave
A person abseiling the Gordon Dam
Underground lake
Person standing on roof of a car with sunset in backround
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