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ROCKCLIMBING 25 December 2008 - Lead fall/fractured ankle, Shipley

2009-01-22T00:46:39Z

ROCKCLIMBING 25 December 2008 - Lead fall/fractured ankle, Shipley
Upper cliff, Blue Mountains NSW

A female climber was leading a moderate sport climb near the south-
western end of the Shipley Upper cliff at Blackheath when she fell,
striking a ledge on the way. She was lowered to the ground and

ROCK CLIMBING 2 January 2009 UPDATED - Fatal fall/rope cut, Pierces Pass, Blue Mountains NSW

2009-01-21T02:55:31Z

ROCK CLIMBING 2 January 2009 – Fatal fall, Pierces Pass, Blue
Mountains, NSW

The Australian Accident Register has received confirmation of
information from direct witnesses of this accident and is now able to
add more detail and update the previous version of this report.

A 24 year old Sydney man, Nick Kaczorowski died after falling from a

ROCK CLIMBING 2 January 2009 – Fatal fall/rope cut, Pierce’s Pass, Blue Mountains, NSW

2009-01-05T01:53:09Z

ROCK CLIMBING 2 January 2009 – Fatal fall, Pierce’s Pass, Blue
Mountains, NSW

A 24 year old Sydney man, Nick Kaczorowski died after falling from a
route at Pierce’s Pass in the Grose Valley late on the morning of
Friday 2nd January. The man was lead climbing the route Bunny Buckets
(a multi-pitch grade 18) with a male climbing partner when the pair

SKIING 17 August 2008 – Avalanche Fatality, Blue Lake, Kosciusko NP, NSW

2008-09-24T21:42:15Z

SKIING 17 August 2008 – Avalanche Fatality, Blue Lake, Kosciusko NP,
NSW

A 22 year old man was killed in an avalanche while back country
skiing. The incident occurred north of The Grey Buttress on the
western side of the Blue Lake cirque when the victim walked onto a
cornice (carrying his skis) and it collapsed beneath him. It was about

ROCKCLIMBING (Bouldering) 24th April 2008 – Broken Foot, Kangaroo Point, QLD.

2008-07-15T08:22:02Z

ROCKCLIMBING (Bouldering) 24th April 2008 – Broken Foot, Kangaroo
Point, QLD.

A 25 year old male with 6 months experience was bouldering along the
base of the wall, ranging in height from 0.5 – 2.0 metres. The man is
described as relatively fit, and weighing around 65 Kg. The weather
was clear and sunny, with a planned duration of 2 hours bouldering.

CAVING 16th May 2008 – Entrapment and Rescue, Wombeyan Caves, NSW

2008-05-26T09:16:06Z

CAVING 16th May 2008 – Entrapment and Rescue, Wombeyan Caves, NSW

A 47-year-old man left his campsite at Wombeyan Caves on the Friday
afternoon; with the purpose of photographing some formations in the
Bouverie cave system.
He was alone, and had not notified anyone of his intentions. Friends

ROCK CLIMBING 24 February 2008 - Fall/ankle injury, Logan Brae. Blue Mountains, NSW

2008-03-04T04:48:34Z

ROCK CLIMBING 24 February 2008 - Fall/ankle injury, Logan Brae. Blue
Mountains, NSW

A 31 year old man with about four years' climbing experience fell
while leading the grade 23 climb Creep Show at Logan Brae climbing
area (on the Shipley Plateau near Blackheath). The fall occurred at
about 11am, the weather was clear at the time. He was near the fourth

CANYONING 25 February 2008 - Collapse/fatality, Empress Canyon. Blue Mountains, NSW

2008-02-27T03:37:22Z

CANYONING 25 February 2008 - Collapse/fatality, Empress Canyon. Blue
Mountains, NSW

A man aged in his 60s died after collapsing on the abseil rope on the
30m drop beside the falls at the end of Empress Canyon. The man was
visiting Australia from the USA and was part of a commercially guided
trip, the weather was fine. He was about 8m from the bottom when he

CANYONING 23 February 2008 - Broken Leg, Galah Canyon. Blue Mountains, NSW

2008-02-26T21:57:17Z

CANYONING 23 February 2008 - Broken Leg, Galah Canyon. Blue Mountains,
NSW

At about 1:30pm on Saturday 23rd February a female canyoner aged in
her mid 40s suffered a spiral fracture of the fibula (lower leg) on a
short down-climb just before the final abseil in Galah Canyon on the
Newnes Plateau. The woman had over 10 years canyoning experience and

CANYONING 6 December 2007 - Fatality, Claustral Canyon. Blue Mountains, NSW

2007-12-11T04:46:14Z

CANYONING 6 December 2007 - Fatality, Claustral Canyon. Blue
Mountains, NSW

On Thursday 6th December Ian Knapp, a 61 year old Sydney man with ten
years canyoning experience, died in Claustral Canyon. The victim and
another experienced canyoner in the group had completed this section
of the canyon without major incident at least ten times previously. On

ROCK CLIMBING 5 December 2007 - Evac, Bowens Creek, Blue Mountains, NSW

2007-12-06T22:38:43Z

An injured male was evacuated from the Bowens Creek area of the Blue
Mountains on Wednesday 5th December. More details soon.

LEVEL 2 REPORT

ROCKCLIMBING 23rd September 2007 - Climber Falls, Werribee Gorge, VIC

2007-11-21T21:21:09Z

ROCKCLIMBING 23rd September 2007 - Climber Falls, Werribee Gorge, VIC

A 22-year-old male climber was attempting Hadrian Direct (20) at
around 1pm in good weather. He thought he was on Hadrian (16), and had
placed one cam in the middle of the wall above a ledge. On the final
move to top out, he reached out expecting to find a jug (believing he

ABSEILING 10th November 2007 - Man impaled on tree, Mount Tinbeerwah, QLD

2007-11-21T21:17:03Z

ABSEILING 10th November 2007 - Man impaled on tree, Mount Tinbeerwah,
QLD

The 27-year-old man from Toowoomba was abseiling rapidly down a 100m
cliff at Mount Tinbeerwah, near Noosa, when the accident occurred just
before 1pm. The man had abseiled quickly onto a tree branch and was
impaled. The branch entered his back, went through his abdomen and

ABSEILING 14th July 2007 - Heart Attack On Rope, Blue Mountains, NSW

2007-08-14T06:08:43Z

ABSEILING 14th July 2007 - Heart Attack On Rope, Blue Mountains, NSW
A 49-year-old man died from a heart attack (cardio arthero sclerosis)
while abseiling with a group of 11 people at the Boars Head, Katoomba.
They had planned for a routine abseil trip of 3-4 hours duration, down
the western side of the Boars Head. It was midday when they left, and

CANYONING 15 July 2007 - Search and Rescue for Overdue Men, Blue Mountains, NSW

2007-07-31T06:30:21Z

CANYONING 15 July 2007 - Search and Rescue for Overdue Men, Blue
Mountains, NSW
Two men set out to do Starlight canyon at Newnes on Sunday the 15th
July, (Starlight is classed as a moderate long day canyon with minimal
water, and is considered an ideal canyon during winter). The alarm was
raised when they had not returned by Monday lunchtime. With sub zero