"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." - Harold Wilson
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Australia 2011
Day 6 - 3rd August - Kings Canyon (Part 2)
Then, ahead of us was a very narrow passthrough with no path.
Doesn't this look like a scene from a movie where planes or spacecraft chase each other narrow canyons?
Panorama
Without the plants this could still pass for the background of a dogfighting scene. The rocks were like miniature versions of the big rock formations in them.
Crowd at canyon wall. If I'd shouted "fire!" or "wildebeest stampede!" maybe some would've jumped.
Canyon view
Canyon panorama
Pushing someone off
Crowd. I should've brought my ME2 baseball cap - I would've been able to wear it without feeling like a douchebag.
Onward and upward
Scrub
Panorama 2
Sedimentary rock
MR jumping to his doom
Trekking across the canyon rim
There was an optional sidetrip, which we took.
Cotterills Lookout
Notice the apostrophe, prominent by its lack.
Mounds on way
Deadly gap
Cotterill's Bridge
Cotterill's Lookout
MR looking out. This was actually quite far from me
Canyon wall
Cotterill's Lookout panorama
Lush valley, in contrast to the scrub above
Valley panorama
Birds
A dead sea's ripples
Ripples
Outcrop