New Zealand - Sleeping God Canyon
Robert and Courtney Schafer
Dec 2006
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Robert and I did a canyoning trip with Canyonz, doing Sleeping God canyon. Sleeping God is a steep and dramatic canyon with lots of waterfalls, pools, and abseils (rappels). The canyon was about 2 hours from Auckland, over on the Coromadel peninsula in the Kauaeranga valley. Our guides did a great job of leading the trip and we had an awesome day!

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Robert and the rest of the group gets ready Wetsuits on! The first rappel is short Courtney on the safety line The views were terrific!
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Preparing to rappel next to a waterfall Midway through a spectacular rappel Bertrand helps people over a pool with a tension line Volcanic rock forms Two of the group, halfway down a long rappel
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Stepping down the rock The water was too shallow, we had to rappel instead of jump Fraenzi climbs up to do a jump Aaaaahhhh!! Another nice rappel
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How are you supposed to start a flying flox, again? Flying foxes (zipwires) are fun! Concentrate hard! This waterfall had a lovely rainbow at the bottom Rapping down another lovely waterfall
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Wheee! Bottom of the falls Rappelling through the waterfall Time to get wet! Courtney's ready to get out of the cold water now!
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The final rappel was another fun zipline Courtney having fun Look ma, no hands on the zipwire! Transitioning from rappel to zipwiring Poor Bertrand had to retrieve a stuck rope
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View back up the canyon we just descended Group shot at trip's end: Chris, Neil (Guide), Andre, Fraenzi, Courtney, Robert Bertrand (guide), Chris, Andre, Fraenzi, Courtney, Robert